Word Meaning

prognostic definition and meaning

a. Indicating something future by signs or symptoms; foreshowing; aiding in prognosis; as, the prognostic symptoms of a disease; prognostic signs.
a. That which prognosticates; a sign by which a future event may be known or foretold; an indication; a sign or omen; hence, a foretelling; a prediction.
a. A sign or symptom indicating the course and termination of a disease.
v. t. To prognosticate.