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Prognosis

2 stages from Greek to English.

Today it means a forecast of the likely course and outcome of a disease
1
Stage 1 of 2
prognosis
Greek · ancient
"foreknowledge"
literally foreknowledge, from pro (before) and gnosis (knowing)
2
Stage 2 of 2
prognosis
English · 1600s
"a forecast of how a disease will develop"
settled as the medical word for a forecast of how a disease will develop
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