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prognosis

noun
🔊/prɒɡˈnəʊsɪs/
🔊/prɑːɡˈnəʊsɪs/
(plural prognoses
🔊/prɒɡˈnəʊsiːz/
🔊/prɑːɡˈnəʊsiːz/
)
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  1. (medical医学) an opinion, based on medical experience, of the likely development of a disease or an illness（对病情的）预断，预后
    • to make a prognosis预后
    • The prognosis is not good.预后不良。
    Topics Opinion and argumentc2, Medicinec2
  2. (formal) a judgement about how something is likely to develop in the future预测；预言；展望 synonym forecast
    • The prognosis is for more people to work part-time in the future.预计将来会有更多人从事兼职工作。🔊🔊
    3. Word Originmid 17th cent.: via late Latin from Greek prognōsis, from pro- ‘before’ + gignōskein ‘know’.