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   prognostic

   /prɒɡˈnɒstɪk/

   adjective

   • 1. relating to or serving to predict the likely course of a medical condition: "the prognostic importance of the antibody"

   noun

   • 1. an advance indication of a future event; an omen: archaic "a pale moon and watery sun are known as prognostics of rain"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin prognosticus from Greek prognōstikos, from prognōsis (see prognosis).

   Derivatives

   • 1. prognostically adverb

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