prog·no·sis 
(prŏg-nōsĭs)
(prŏg-nōsĭs)n. pl. prog·no·ses (-sēz)
1.
a. A prediction of the probable course and outcome of a disease.
b. The likelihood of recovery from a disease.
2. A forecast or prediction: a gloomy prognosis for economic recovery.
[Late Latin prognōsis, from Greek, from progignōskein, to foreknow : pro-, before; see PRO-2 + gignōskein, gnō-, to know; see gnō- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]