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medical 医学 an opinion, based on medical experience, of the likely development of a disease or an illness （对病情的）预断，预后 to make a prognosis 做出预测 The prognosis is not good. 预后不良。
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a judgement about how something is likely to develop in the future 预测；预言；展望
Word Originmid 17th cent.: via late Latin from Greek prognōsis, from pro- ‘before’ + gignōskein ‘know’.