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Dictionary: prog·nos·tic   (prŏg-nŏs'tĭk) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Of, relating to, or useful in prognosis.
  2. Of or relating to prediction; predictive.
n.
  1. A sign or symptom indicating the future course of a disease.
  2. A sign of a future happening; a portent.

[Middle English pronostik, prognosticating, omen, from Medieval Latin prognōsticus, prognosticating, from Greek prognōstikos, from prognōsis, foreknowledge. See prognosis. N., from Latin prognōsticum, omen, from Greek prognōstikon, from neuter of prognōstikos.]


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adjective

    Of or relating to prediction: predictive, prognosticative. See foresight.

noun

    A phenomenon that serves as a sign or warning of some future good or evil: augury, forerunner, foretoken, omen, portent, prefigurement, presage, prognostication, sign. Idioms: writinghandwritingon the wall. See foresight, warn/invite.

Medical Dictionary: prog·nos·tic
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(prŏg-nŏs'tĭk)
adj.
  1. Of, relating to, or useful in prognosis.
  2. Of or relating to prediction; predictive.
n.
  1. A sign or symptom indicating the future course of a disease.
  2. A sign of a future happening; a portent.
WordNet: prognostic
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a sign of something about to happen
  Synonyms: omen, portent, presage, prognostication


The adjective prognostic has one meaning:

Meaning #1: of or relating to prediction; having value for making predictions
  Synonyms: predictive, prognosticative


Translations: Prognostic
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - varslende
n. - tegn, forudsigelse

Nederlands (Dutch)
voorspellend

Français (French)
adj. - pronostique
n. - pronostic

Deutsch (German)
n. - Prognose
adj. - prognostisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - οιωνός (κν. σημάδι), (ιατρ.) παθογνωμονικό σύμπτωμα
adj. - προγνωστικός

Italiano (Italian)
pronostico, rivelatore

Português (Portuguese)
n., -
adj. - prognóstico

Русский (Russian)
предзнаменование, предвещающий

Español (Spanish)
adj. - predictivo, profético
n. - pronóstico, augurio, presagio

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - symptom, förebud, förutsägelse
adj. - prognostisk, förebådande

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
表示预兆的, 预后的, 前兆, 预言, 预测

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 表示預兆的, 預後的
n. - 前兆, 預言, 預測

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 전조를 나타내는
n. - 전조, 예측

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 兆候を示す, 前兆となる, 予後の
n. - 前兆

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) منذر, منبيء (صفه) نبوءة, نذير, بشارة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מנבא, מבשר, תחזיתי‬
n. - ‮ניבוי, סימן להתפתחות מחלה, אות‬


 
 
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