Prognosis

prognosis /prog·no·sis/ (prog-no´sis) a forecast of the probable course and outcome of a disorder.prognos´tic

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prog·no·sis (prg-nss)

n. pl. prog·no·ses (-sz)

1. A prediction of the probable course and outcome of a disease.

2. The likelihood of recovery from a disease.

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prognos·tician (-ns-tshn) n.

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Prognosis

The predicted outcome of a disease.

Mentioned in: Tumor Markers

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prognosis,

n expected path of the illness.

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prognosis (prognō´sis),

n 1. the foretelling of the probable course of a disease; a forecast of the outcome of a disease.
n 2. a forecast of the probable result of a regimen of treatment.

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prognosis

a forecast of the probable course and outcome of an attack of disease and the prospects of recovery as indicated by the nature of the disease and the clinical signs of the case. In keeping with modern day usage of decision making on the basis of statistics it is now becoming commonplace to give a percentage probability of a successful outcome in terms of survival, and a similar figure for probability for return to full function.