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prognosis

[prog-noh-sis] / prɒgˈnoʊ sɪs /


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Biden has struck an optimistic tone on his prognosis.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

For Bell, Ms. Fitzharris writes, “every patient was a text to be studied. Symptoms could divulge secrets, gestures could disclose clues” and minutiae help determine the prognosis of disease.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

"For a generally healthy person, the prognosis for lung cancer caught at such an early stage -- specifically a pulmonary nodule with no distant spread -- is absolutely favourable," he said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

An aneasthesiologist advising Pike's defence team said her survival is highly unusual, and while her prognosis remains unclear, "at a minimum, we expect a long recovery".

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

“Good luck to you,” he says, as if bestowing a dire prognosis.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti

He said that while doctors could never be certain with prognoses, the six-month criteria would be a "yard stick" to ensure that people were in the final stages of life.

From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2026

However, Yeo said most tumors with poor prognoses are not always locatable or accessible.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 27, 2024

Given the dire prognoses of the patients considering CAR-T therapies, Dr. DiPersio said, the new warning amounted to “much ado about nothing.”

From New York Times ● Jan. 23, 2024

Through the long, wild ride, there were peaks and troughs, months of uncertainty, bailout talks, near-misses and dire prognoses.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 20, 2023

It had been Mrs. Richardson who had held her, Mrs. Richardson who had heard all the doctors’ prognoses, the dire warnings about what might be in store for her.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng


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