Prog-nō'sis, n.

n. [Gr. πρόγνωσις, from προγιγνώσκειν, to know beforehand, from πρό, before, and γιγνώσκειν, to know; Fr. prognosie.] (Med.) The act or art of foretelling the course and event of a disease; the judgment of the course and event of a disease by particular symptoms. Coxe.