prognosis
Plural: prognoses
Noun
- a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop
- a prediction of the course of a disease
- A forecast of the future course or outcome of a situation based on what is presently known; a prediction.
- A forecast of the future course or outcome of a disease or disorder based on current medical knowledge.
Origin / Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin prognōsis (“forecast, prediction; forecast of the course and outcome of a disease”), itself borrowed from Ancient Greek πρόγνωσις (prógnōsis, “forecast of the course and outcome of a disease; (Koine) foreknowledge, perceiving beforehand, prediction”), from προ- (pro-, prefix meaning ‘before; beforehand’) + γνῶσῐς (gnôsĭs, “inquiry, investigation; knowledge”). The plural prognoses is a learned borrowing from Late Latin prognōsēs.
Cognates
* Middle French prognosie (“forecast, prediction”) (modern French prognosie (obsolete), prognose (“forecast of the course and outcome of a disease”))
* Sanskrit प्रज्ञा (prajñā, “intelligence, wisdom; judgment; knowledge”)
Scrabble Score: 12
prognosis: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordprognosis: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
prognosis: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary