Definitions for prognosis

prognosis prog·no·sis

Spelling: [prog-noh-sis]
IPA: /prɒgˈnoʊ sɪs/

Prognosis is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 285 anagrams from letters in prognosis (ginooprss).

Definitions for prognosis

noun

  1. Medicine/Medical. a forecasting of the probable course and outcome of a disease, especially of the chances of recovery.
  2. a forecast or prognostication.

Origin of prognosis

1645-55; Late Latin Greek prógnōsis foreknowledge. See pro-2, gnosis

Examples for prognosis

And unless Republicans start pursuing very different priorities in Congress, that prognosis could sting.

The prognosis of fracture of the tibia, as a rule, must be unfavorable.

I can, as a medical man, bear witness that your prognosis was justified by the event.

If my prognosis is concurred in, these should reach Mudros on or about 1st August.

With each passing Bieber incident, however, the diagnosis gets more credible, and the prognosis even more worrisome.

Tillis, despite the prognosis, was able to make a full recovery.

His prognosis of brain injuries was much better than that of his predecessors.

We never permit a patient to pronounce a prognosis upon his own case!

She was at Cedars-Sinai in New York, and the prognosis was pretty bad, but they saved her.

The prognosis of each person runs on a spectrum relative to their genetic loading and their environment.

Word Value for prognosis
Scrable

12

Words with friends

15

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