prognosisnoun [ C ]
uk/prɒɡˈnəʊ.sɪs/us/prɑːɡˈnoʊ.sɪs/plural prognosesalso prognostication medical a doctor's judgment of the likely or expected development of a disease or of the chances of getting better:
The prognosis after the operation was for a full recovery.
a statement of what is judged likely to happen in the future, especially in connection with a particular situation:
I was reading a gloomy economic prognosis in the paper this morning.
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