About The Word Prognostic
Learn about the word Prognostic to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Prognostic definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Prognostic
| Prognostic Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Prognostic?
[n] a sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen before going into battle"
[adj] of or relating to prediction; having value for making predictions Synonyms | Synonyms for Prognostic: omen | portent | predictive | presage | prognostication | prognosticative | prophetic | prophetical Related Terms | Find terms related to Prognostic: See Also | augury | auspice | death knell | foreboding | foretoken | preindication | sign Prognostic In Webster's Dictionary \Prog*nos"tic\, a. [Gr. ?. See {Prognosis}.]
Indicating something future by signs or symptoms;
foreshowing; aiding in prognosis; as, the prognostic symptoms
of a disease; prognostic signs.
\Prog*nos"tic\, n. [L. prognosticum, Gr. ?: cf. F. pronostic, prognostic. See {Prognostic}, a.] 1. 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. That choice would inevitably be considered by the country as a prognostic of the highest import. --Macaulay. 2. (Med.) A sign or symptom indicating the course and termination of a disease. --Parr. Syn: Sign; omen; presage; token; indication. \Prog*nos"tic\, v. t. To prognosticate. [Obs.] |
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Jacques anatole francois thibault ‐ French writer of sophisticated novels and short stories…
- Terpsichore ‐ taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to…
- Conserve ‐ fruit preserved by cooking with sugar [v] preserve with sugar;…
- Euphagus ‐ a genus of…
- Order exocycloida ‐ flat…
- Cookie ‐ any of various small flat sweet cakes (`biscuit' is the British…
- C and w ‐ a simple style of folk music heard mostly in the southern United…
- Common tarweed ‐ California annual having red-brown spots near the base of its…
- Scoreboard ‐ a large board for displaying the score of a contest (and some…
- Crop up ‐ appear suddenly or…