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for Prognostic
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Prognostic \Prog*nos"tic\, a. [Gr. prognwstiko`n. See
Prognosis.]
Indicating something future by signs or symptoms;
foreshowing; aiding in prognosis; as, the prognostic symptoms
of a disease; prognostic signs.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Prognostic \Prog*nos"tic\, n. [L. prognosticum, Gr. ?: cf. F.
pronostic, prognostic. See Prognostic, a.]
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1. That which prognosticates; a sign by which a future event
may be known or foretold; an indication; a sign or omen;
hence, a foretelling; a prediction.
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That choice would inevitably be considered by the
country
as a prognostic of the highest import. --Macaulay.
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2. (Med.) A sign or symptom indicating the course and
termination of a disease. --Parr.
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Syn: Sign; omen; presage; token; indication.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Prognostic \Prog*nos"tic\, v. t.
To prognosticate. [Obs.]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
prognostic
adj 1: of or relating to prediction; having value for making
predictions [syn: predictive, prognostic,
prognosticative]
n 1: a sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen
before going into battle" [syn: omen, portent,
presage, prognostic, prognostication, prodigy]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
49 Moby Thesaurus words for "prognostic":
apocalyptic, augural, auguring, augury, boding, divinatory,
fatidic, forecasting, forerunning, foreseeing, foreshadowing,
foreshowing, foretelling, foretokening, forewarning,
fortunetelling, haruspical, heavy with meaning, indicative,
intuitive, mantic, meaningful, monitory, omen, oracular, portent,
precursive, precursory, predictional, predictive, predictory,
prefigurative, prefiguring, preindicative, premonitory, presage,
presageful, presaging, presignificative, presignifying,
prognosticative, prophetic, sibyllic, sibylline, significant,
vaticinal, vaticinatory, warning, weather-wise
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