单词 | prognosis |
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音标 | [prɔg'nəusis] |
解释 | n.预后,对疾病的发作及结果的预言 |
红宝书 | 无 |
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. |
不择手段背单词 | 无 |
趣味全助记 | 无 |
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