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   prog·nos·tic

   /präɡˈnästik/

   adjective

   • 1. serving to predict the likely outcome of a disease or ailment; relating to a medical prognosis: "the prognostic importance of the antibody"

   noun

   • 1. an advance indication or portent of a future event: archaic "a one-banded caterpillar is considered a prognostic of a mild winter"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin prognosticus from Greek prognōstikos, from prognōsis (see prognosis).

   Derivatives

   • 1. prognostically adverb

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