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Prognosis 无 Disease Prɔg'nəusis N.预后,对疾病的发作及结果的预言 Forecast Illness N

单词 prognosis
音标 [prɔg'nəusis]
解释 n.预后,对疾病的发作及结果的预言(forecast of the likely course of a disease or an illness)
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字源 prognosis (n.)
1650s, "forecast of the probable course of a disease," from Late Latin prognosis, from Greek prognosis "foreknowledge," also, in medicine, "predicted course of a disease," from stem of progignoskein "come to know beforehand," from pro- "before" (see pro-) + gignoskein "come to know" (see gnostic). General (non-medical) use in English from 1706. A back-formed verb prognose is attested from 1837. Related: Prognosed; prognosing.
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