Definition of "prognosis" []

• A prediction of the probable course and outcome of a disease. (noun)
• The likelihood of recovery from a disease. (noun)
• A forecast or prediction: a gloomy prognosis for economic recovery. (noun)

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• "Surgery was performed to insert a screw, and the prognosis is the man expected to replace Jarrett Brown will be out until nearly the start of the spring."
• "Capital-L Life knows your long-term prognosis is death, so all it gives a rat's ass about is next week."
• "They caught the cancer early and my prognosis is great."