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Prognosis   /prɑgnˈoʊsəs/   Listen
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Prognosis  n.  (Med.) The act or art of foretelling the course and termination of a disease; also, the outlook afforded by this act of judgment; as, the prognosis of hydrophobia is bad.






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"Prognosis" Quotes from Famous Books



... pass by weight in the world's marts of thought. The physical constitution of the New Man is comparatively delicate and fragile; but as a china vase is not necessarily less sound than a stone jug or iron kettle, so delicacy and fragility in man are no proof of disease. The ominous prognosis of this doctor, therefore, seems no occasion for despair, perhaps not even for alarm. But to perceive what different harping can be performed on this string, hear Carus:—"Leanness, as such," says the master, ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, Issue 12, October, 1858 • Various

... Prognosis.—As regards the prognosis in yellow fever, I shall merely state, that I generally found, an early evacuation from the alimentary canal, and a disposition to diaphoresis during the first twenty-four or thirty-six hours, and its continuance during the course of the disease, to be favourable omens. When the disease ...
— North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 • Various

... again?" said Calhoun. "I mean, what's the prognosis? Do they die or recover? If they recover, in how long? If they die, ...
— The Hate Disease • William Fitzgerald Jenkins

... is cancer. They showed me the latest and best authorities, and they invariably gave what they called an 'unfavorable prognosis.' You would not undertake to say that this fearful disease is curable, would you?" ...
— Doctor Jones' Picnic • S. E. Chapman

... Recovery, Prognosis, etc.—The action of the heart becomes weak and irregular, respiration is shallow, the temperature taken in the rectum is high, the skin is cold, pale and livid, death occurs sometimes suddenly, usually in three to five days; less often thirty-six ...
— Mother's Remedies - Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers - of the United States and Canada • T. J. Ritter


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