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Medical Studies

prog·nos·tic
(prŏg-nŏs′tĭk)adj.
1. Of, relating to, or useful in prognosis.
2. Of or relating to prediction; predictive.
n.
1. A sign or symptom indicating the future course of a disease.
2. A sign of a future happening; a portent.
[Middle English pronostik, prognosticating, omen, from Medieval Latin prognōsticus, prognosticating, from Greekprognōstikos, from prognōsis, foreknowledge; see prognosis. N., from Latin prognōsticum, omen, from Greekprognōstikon, from neuter of prognōstikos.]
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