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Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : prog-nos-tik
Phonetic Transcription : prɒgˈnɒs tɪk

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Définition of prognostic

Origin :
  • c.1600, from Medieval Latin prognosticus, from Greek prognostikos "foreknowing," from progignoskein (see prognosis). Related: Prognostical (1580s).
  • adj predictive
  • noun omen
Example sentences :
  • "She will recover," he murmured, as though giving utterance to a prognostic.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • The prognostic importance of the enumeration of the white blood corpuscles.
  • Extract from : « Histology of the Blood » by Paul Ehrlich
  • Wat Wilder has observed it at the same time, and confirms the prognostic.
  • Extract from : « The Lone Ranche » by Captain Mayne Reid
  • It was Ellison who suggested that they were prognostic of death.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Edgar Allan Poe » by Edgar Allan Poe
  • For that it was a prognostic of some fearful calamity, no one thought of doubting.
  • Extract from : « Robin Tremayne » by Emily Sarah Holt
  • The prognostic of Costal about the weather appeared likely to be realised.
  • Extract from : « The Tiger Hunter » by Mayne Reid
  • The letter came to the Egyptian king like a prognostic of evil.
  • Extract from : « Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) » by Charles Morris
  • These threads are often said to be a prognostic of storm; but they are not produced by storm.
  • Extract from : « Modern Painters, Volume V (of 5) » by John Ruskin
  • In general these have little diagnostic or prognostic significance.
  • Extract from : « A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis » by James Campbell Todd
  • It was easier to believe in any miracle of good than in the least prognostic of evil.
  • Extract from : « At His Gates, Vol. 1(of 3) » by Margaret Oliphant
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