prognosis

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Late Latin prognōsis (“forecast, prediction; forecast of the course and outcome of a disease”), itself borrowed from Ancient Greek πρόγνωσις (prógnōsis, “forecast of the course and outcome of a disease; (Koine) foreknowledge, perceiving beforehand, prediction”), from προ- (pro-, prefix meaning ‘before; beforehand’) + γνῶσῐς (gnôsĭs, “inquiry, investigation; knowledge”). The plural prognoses is a learned borrowing from Late Latin prognōsēs. === Pronunciation === Singular: (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɹɒɡˈnəʊsɪs/ (General American) IPA(key): /pɹɑɡˈnoʊsɪs/, /-səs/ Rhymes: -əʊsɪs Hyphenation: pro‧gnos‧is Plural: (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɹɒɡˈnəʊsiːz/ (General American) IPA(key): /pɹɑɡˈnoʊsiz/ Hyphenation: pro‧gnos‧es === Noun === prognosis (plural prognoses) A forecast of the future course or outcome of a situation based on what is presently known; a prediction. [from mid 17th c.] (medicine) A forecast of the future course or outcome of a disease or disorder based on current medical knowledge. [from mid 17th c.] ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== foreknowledge precognition === References === === Further reading === prognosis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia DK Illustrated Oxford Dictionary, London: Dorling Kindersley; Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1998, →ISBN, page 654. Elizabeth A. Martin, editor (2007), Oxford Concise Medical Dictionary, 7th edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, →ISBN. == Indonesian == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin prognōsis (“prognosis”), from Ancient Greek πρόγνωσις (prógnōsis, “forecast of the course and outcome of a disease; (Koine) foreknowledge, perceiving beforehand, prediction”). === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /proɡˈnosis/ [prok̚ˈno.sɪs] Rhymes: -osis Syllabification: prog‧no‧sis === Noun === prognosis (plural prognosis-prognosis) (medicine) prognosis ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “prognosis”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek πρόγνωσις (prógnōsis, “forecast of the course and outcome of a disease; (Koine) foreknowledge, perceiving beforehand, prediction”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [prɔŋˈnoː.sɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [proɲˈɲɔː.s̬is] === Noun === prognōsis f (genitive prognōsis); third declension forecast, prediction ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (i-stem). ==== Descendants ==== === References === “prognosis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɾoɡˈnosis/ [pɾoɣ̞ˈno.sis] Rhymes: -osis Syllabification: prog‧no‧sis === Noun === prognosis f (plural prognosis) prognosis === Further reading === “prognosis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025