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Definition
the expected outcome of a disease or ailmentor:
any prediction about how something will develop
- What is the doctor's prognosis?
- After two hours of surgery, she was given a guardedly optimistic prognosis.
- Every patient is different, but the general prognosis for this kind of cancer is grim.
- Her prognosis is that the economy will suffer a decade of slow growth and high unemployment.
- Since then, she'd stabilized, and the prognosis was strong.Dave Eggers -- The Circle
- But my prognosis scares me.Nicholas Sparks -- Safe Haven
- For we both know my prognosis and what it will mean to us.Nicholas Sparks -- The Notebook
- In the moments that elapsed, I felt the weight of Tim's prognosis hanging over both of us.Nicholas Sparks -- Dear John
- The doctor will inform you of your brother's prognosis after surgery.Simone Elkeles -- Perfect Chemistry
- "Prognosis," the doctor said brightly.John Gardner -- The Sunlight Dialogues
- The prognosis is that for a time the limbs will be absolutely limp.Robert Penn Warren -- All the King's Men
- Her mother has been hospitalized, and the prognosis is poor.J.D. Robb -- Naked in Death
- I then announced my diagnosis and prognosis.Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard -- Killing Lincoln
- Some remain in critical condition, but the prognosis for most is good.Judy Blume -- In the Unlikely Event
- I don't recall an equivalent word for "prognosis" in Amharic, and I'd never tried to speak to a patient about five-year survival or anything like that.Abraham Verghese -- Cutting for Stone
- "So, what's her prognosis?"Colleen Hoover -- Slammed
- Though I was told his prognosis is not good.Veronica Roth -- Allegiant
- The prognosis is looking up: in test subjects, lymphoid tumors have been seen to reduce in size.Anthony Doerr -- All the Light We Cannot See
- The two key symptoms, on which the doctors came to base their prognosis. were fever and the lowered whitecorpuscle count.John Hersey -- Hiroshima
- At the same time, given my prognosis, Jai says she's learning to let some of the little stuff slide.Randy Pausch -- The Last Lecture
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