What does prognostic mean?
Definitions for prognostic
prɒgˈnɒs tɪkprog·nos·tic
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Princeton's WordNet
omen, portent, presage, prognostic, prognostication, prodigyadjective
a sign of something about to happen
"he looked for an omen before going into battle"
predictive, prognostic, prognosticativeadjective
of or relating to prediction; having value for making predictions
Wiktionary
prognosticnoun
prognosis
prognosticnoun
A sign by which a future event may be known or foretold.
prognosticnoun
A prediction of the future.
prognosticnoun
One who predicts the future.
prognosticadjective
Of, pertaining to or characterized by prognosis or prediction.
Etymology: From prognosticus, from προγνωστικός, from πρό- + γνωστικός, from γιγνώσκω.
ChatGPT
prognostic
A prognostic is a prediction or forecast about the likely course or outcome of a disease, condition, or progression of a situation. It can also refer to an indication or sign of a future event. In medicine, it provides an assessment of the expected development and outcome of a patient's disease.
Webster Dictionary
Prognosticadjective
indicating something future by signs or symptoms; foreshowing; aiding in prognosis; as, the prognostic symptoms of a disease; prognostic signs
Prognosticadjective
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
Prognosticadjective
a sign or symptom indicating the course and termination of a disease
Prognosticverb
to prognosticate
Etymology: [Gr. prognwstiko`n. See Prognosis.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of prognostic in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of prognostic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of prognostic in a Sentence
That's a really good prognostic sign for his recovery, if he was doing carpentry in October before the major event, I think it's likely that he could regain that function.
Even though they're not dying from that cardiac injury, something about that biomarker is providing some prognostic value beyond other risk factors that were controlled, so it could still be important in terms of identifying high-risk patients that enter the hospital with Covid-19.
And there should not be, the predictive model can be very different for different diseases, and physicians need to decide based on each disease and each prognostic factor based on what is currently known about each specific disease and its course.
I believe using prognostic factors of severe COVID-19 patients will provide an opportunity for physicians to offer those risk-high patients with the best medical care from the early stage of the disease.
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