prognoses

Variant of prognosis

noun pl. prognoses

a forecast or forecasting; esp., a prediction of the probable course of a disease in an individual and the chances of recovery

Origin: LL < Gr prognōsis < progignōskein < pro-, before (see pro-) + gignōskein, to know

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