PROGNOSIS (prognoses)

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Irregular inflected form: prognoses   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does prognosis mean? 

• PROGNOSIS (noun)
  The noun PROGNOSIS has 2 senses:

1. a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop

2. a prediction of the course of a disease

  Familiarity information: PROGNOSIS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROGNOSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

forecast; prognosis

Hypernyms ("prognosis" is a kind of...):

forecasting; foretelling; prediction; prognostication (a statement made about the future)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "prognosis"):

financial forecast (a forecast of the expected financial position and the results of operations and cash flows based on expected conditions)

weather forecast; weather outlook (a forecast of the weather)

Derivation:

prognostic (of or relating to prediction; having value for making predictions)

prognosticate (indicate, as with a sign or an omen)

prognosticate (make a prediction about; tell in advance)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A prediction of the course of a disease

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

medical prognosis; prognosis; prospect

Hypernyms ("prognosis" is a kind of...):

medical diagnosis (identification of a disease from its symptoms)

Derivation:

prognostic (of or relating to prediction; having value for making predictions)

 Context examples 

The prognosis is less favorable than gestational choriocarcinoma.

(Non-Gestational Ovarian Choriocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Overexpression of Class I HDACs 1, 2 and 3 has been found in many tumors and has been correlated with a poor prognosis.

(Mocetinostat, NCI Thesaurus)

Pure mucinous breast carcinomas generally have a favorable prognosis.

(Mucinous Breast Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A regimen consisting of dactionmycin, cisplatin and etoposide, used for the treatment of poor-prognosis metastatic gestational trophoblastic tumors.

(APE/Gestational Trophoblastic Tumor Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)

If the tumor is not resected at an early stage, the prognosis is usually poor.

(Olfactory Neuroblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)

CD38, a type II transmembrane glycoprotein, is present on various immune cells and hematologic malignancies, and its expression has been correlated with poor prognosis.

(Anti-CD38 Monoclonal Antibody MOR03087, NCI Thesaurus)

Once lesions are detected, prognosis is extremely favorable as resection most often results in cure.

(Oncogenic Osteomalacia, NCI Thesaurus)

Advanced stages have an unfavorable prognosis.

(Nodular Lymphocyte Predominant Hodgkin Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Patients with limited disease generally have an excellent prognosis.

(Mycosis fungoides, NCI Thesaurus/WHO)

If it is completely removed, the prognosis is excellent.

(Nasopharyngeal Papillary Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)