prognostic
adjective/prɒɡˈnɒstɪk/
/prɑːɡˈnɑːstɪk/
- (medical) connected with the process of making a medical judgement about the likely development of a disease or an illness
- Doctors are constantly asking for more accurate prognostic tools.
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- (formal) connected with the process of making a judgement about how something is likely to develop in the future
- Prognostic charts for the next five days indicate heavy rain in the south.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryPrognostic is used with these nouns:- indicator
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