prognosis

noun

1. A forecast of the future course or outcome of a situation based on what is presently known; a prediction.

   “I may say here that it is one of the evidences of original character, that it is apt to baffle all prognosis from a mere observer's standpoint.”

   “Despite the positive, constructive aspects of the Beeching Report, the gloomy prognoses on B.R. which issued from so many commentators prior to its publication have left a widespread impression that the railway is an outdated concept.”

   “The prognosis was made by taking into consideration the facts that the analog concrete had already achieved its ultimate strength by the period of 1500 days while concrete being predicted was to gain its strength limit by 1.25 time faster, that is by the period of 100 days.”

   “If free speech is the lifeblood of democracy then the fate and the prognosis of the latter are that of the former.”

2. A forecast of the future course or outcome of a disease or disorder based on current medical knowledge.

   “Hovvbeit it is to be noted (vvhich vve hinted in the prognoſis) that the ſvvelling doth often appear critically and profitably, and thereby the ſick are recovered of their diſeaſes; […]”

   “The prognosis [of measles] is unfavourable when the child is very young, when the eruption appears before the third day, or when it suddenly disappears. […] The prognosis is favourable when the gastro-pulmonary symptoms are slight, the progress of the disease is regular, and when the skin is moist after the appearance of the exanthema.”

   “Once the patient has worked through the stage of grieving at diagnosis, adjustment may be successful as therapy is begun and a prognosis is determined.”