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prognosis

/prɒɡˈnəʊsɪs/noun

उच्चारण प्रॉग्नोसिस

(रोग का) पूर्वानुमान

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nounprognoses
  1. 1

    [C] medical

    an opinion, based on medical experience, of the likely development of a disease or an illness

    (रोग का) पूर्वानुमान

    • The doctor's prognosis was good; she would recover fully.
    • The prognosis for patients who are diagnosed early is very encouraging.
    • The doctor said the prognosis was excellent if the treatment started at once.
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    • Her prognosis was poor, but the family kept hoping.
    • What is the prognosis for a person with this type of fever?

    Synonyms forecast prediction outlook projection

  2. 2

    [C] formal

    a judgement about how something is likely to develop in the future

    भविष्य का अनुमान

    • The prognosis for the economy is not good.
    • Analysts' prognosis for the monsoon season is cautiously optimistic.
    • Experts gave a grim prognosis for the fishing industry after the oil spill.
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    • The prognosis for the team's chances in the tournament looks good.
    • The report offers a hopeful prognosis for rural employment next year.

    Synonyms forecast prediction outlook projection expectation

≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling

prog·no·sis

With a silent-sounding g and -sis (not 'prognoses' for the singular); plural prognoses.

g और अंत में -sis (singular के लिए 'prognoses' नहीं); plural prognoses।

?Which word?

The diagnosis/prognosis pair is a usage item asked often: diagnosis identifies the disease; prognosis predicts its course and outcome.

Diagnosis और prognosis की जोड़ी usage में अक्सर पूछी जाती है: diagnosis रोग की पहचान करता है; prognosis उसके क्रम और परिणाम का अनुमान लगाता है।

⌂Word origin and word building

Pro- means before, gnosis means knowledge.

Pro- का अर्थ पहले, gnosis का अर्थ ज्ञान।