Prog*no"sis (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. , fr. to know beforehand; before + to know. See Know.] Med.

The act or art of foretelling the course and termination of a disease; also, the outlook afforded by this act of judgment; as, the prognosis of hydrophobia is bad.

 

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