English Dictionary

prognostic

/pɹɒɡˈnɒstɪk/

noun

(rare, medicine) prognosis / A sign by which a future event may be known or foretold. / A prediction of the future. / One who predicts the future.

The doctor used the prognostic to determine the patient's chances of survival.

意味（1）

(rare, medicine) prognosis

There are several opinions as to what he meant

There are several opinions as to what he meant But no one considers it a happy prognostic.

意味（2）

A sign by which a future event may be known or foretold.

Careful observers may foretell the hour

(By sure prognostics) when to dread a show’r.

While rain depends, the pensive cat gives o’er

Careful observers may foretell the hour (By sure prognostics) when to dread a show’r. While rain depends, the pensive cat gives o’er Her frolics, and pursues her tail no more.

意味（3）

A prediction of the future.

The choice of a successor was no light matter. That choice would inevitably be considered by the country as a prognostic of the highest import.

意味（4）

One who predicts the future.