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US
/pɹɑɡˈnoʊsəs/
]
[ UK /pɹɒɡnˈəʊsɪs/ ]
[ UK /pɹɒɡnˈəʊsɪs/ ]
NOUN
- a prediction of the course of a disease
- a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop
How To Use prognosis In A Sentence
- 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. White Crowns For Baby Teeth
- To date, there is also little evidence to support this more grim prognosis.
- Their clinical features were compared, as was the extent of disease, the clinical course, and prognosis.
- Where ownership is not committed to long-term success, the prognosis for ongoing performance improvement is poor.
- He'd heard the debates about the cost of alcohol abuse to the NHS, but only when novelist Chris Paling found himself on a ward with long-term alcoholics did he really grasp the prognosis Latest news from the public and voluntary sectors, including health, children, local government and social care, plus SocietyGuardian jobs | guardian.co.uk
- My stomach has shrunk and my prognosis is good. The Sun
- Doctors should offer patients an opportunity to talk about their prognosis and give information about what might happen. Times, Sunday Times
- This isn't the first time Medicare has been given a gloomy prognosis.
- At that point, inevitably, you find yourself doing an audit on the past and making a prognosis for the future. Times, Sunday Times