Noah Webster
Prognostic
PROGNOS'TIC, adjective Foreshowing; indicating something future by signs or symptoms; as the prognostic symptoms of a disease; prognostic signs.
PROGNOS'TIC, noun In medicine, the judgment formed concerning the event of a disease by means of the symptoms.
1. Something which foreshows; a sign by which a future event may be known or foretold.
In medicine, a sign or symptom indicating the event of a disease. The appearance of the tongue--is of considerable importance as a prognostic
1. A foretelling; prediction.