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Definition of "prognostic" [prog•nos•tic]

  • Of, relating to, or useful in prognosis. (adjective)
  • Of or relating to prediction; predictive. (adjective)
  • A sign or symptom indicating the future course of a disease. (noun)
  • A sign of a future happening; a portent. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "prognostic" in a sentence
  • "However, one thing is certain, researchers say: Fatigue has been shown to have independent long-term prognostic implications in patients with heart failure, suggesting that fatigue needs to be effectively evaluated not only because symptom alleviation is a target for treatment, but also because of the potential for the treatment of fatigue to influence the prognosis in patients with heart failure."
  • "Ray KK, Morrow DA, Sabatine MS, Shui A, Rifai N, et al. (2007) Long-term prognostic value of neopterin: a novel marker of monocyte activation in patients with acute coronary syndrome."
  • "Consequently a sacrament is a sign that is both a reminder of the past, i.e. the passion of Christ; and an indication of that which is effected in us by Christ's passion, i.e. grace; and a prognostic, that is, a foretelling of future glory."