1. signs or symptoms that indicate the likely course or outcome of a disease or condition
Usage: medical
2. predictions or forecasts about future events
Usage: formal

Examples

• The doctor studied the patient’s prognostics carefully before making a treatment plan.
• Early prognostics suggested the patient would recover fully within six months.
• The ancient Greeks believed in various prognostics that could predict the weather.
• Modern medicine relies on scientific prognostics rather than superstition.
• The prognostics for the economy remain uncertain despite recent improvements.
• Weather prognostics have become much more accurate with satellite technology.