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A prognosis is a doctor's opinion about how an illness is likely to develop — will the patient get better, how quickly, or how serious is it. It's mostly a medical word, but it's sometimes used more loosely for any careful prediction about how a situation will turn out, like the prognosis for a company's future.
（病情）預後；（狀況的）預測
組成pro- (before, ahead) + gnosis (from Greek, 'knowledge'). Literally 'knowing beforehand'.
同家族的字
- diagnosisshares the Greek root gnosis, meaning knowledge
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
prognosisnoun/pɹɒɡˈnəʊsɪs/
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A forecast of the future course or outcome of a situation based on what is presently known; a prediction.
- I may say here that it is one of the evidences of original character, that it is apt to baffle all prognosis from a mere observer's standpoint.
- Despite the positive, constructive aspects of the Beeching Report, the gloomy prognoses on B.R. which issued from so many commentators prior to its publication have left a widespread impression that the railway is an outdated concept.
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medicinesciencesA forecast of the future course or outcome of a disease or disorder based on current medical knowledge.
- Hovvbeit it is to be noted (vvhich vve hinted in the prognoſis) that the ſvvelling doth often appear critically and profitably, and thereby the ſick are recovered of their diſeaſes; […]
- The prognosis [of measles] is unfavourable when the child is very young, when the eruption appears before the third day, or when it suddenly disappears. […] The prognosis is favourable when the gastro-pulmonary symptoms are slight, the progress of the disease is regular, and when the skin is moist after the appearance of the exanthema.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。