OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 10604

prognosis

/pɹɒɡˈnəʊsɪs/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
pronóstico
A forecast of the future course or outcome of a disease or disorder based on current medical knowledge.
Once the patient has worked through the stage of grieving at diagnosis, adjustment may be successful as therapy is begun and a prognosis is determined.
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 favour…
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