diagnosis vs prognosis
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noun
- identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon
Examples
Even if the physician recognizes the psychopathology, the patient may reject the diagnosis.
Three months later, the patient had fever and headache which led to the diagnosis of cerebral toxoplasmosis with multiple cerebral abscesses.
The diagnosis of brain abscess mandates other studies seeking the etiology, which may include HIV serology, sinus studies, and transesophageal echocardiogram.
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noun
- a prediction of the course of a disease
- a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop
Examples
Recent studies have revealed a correlation between prognosis in heart failure and plasma levels of such neurohormones as endothelin, norepinephrine and renin, among others.
The only time I have done them is for older teenagers with congenitally missing back teeth (with the baby tooth still there at that age) whose only cosmetic option is the porcelain fused to metal crown (those run around $800 or more each) and usually necessitates a pulpal treatment as well due to the small tooth size, and these crowns having a questionable prognosis in baby teeth.
To date, there is also little evidence to support this more grim prognosis.
