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See also:PROGNOSIS (Gr. apayvcooas, knowledge of recognition before-See also:hand, from 'IrpoycyvwaKEtP, to know beforehand, cf. " prognostication," prediction) , a See also:term used in See also:modern See also:medicine, as it was in See also:Greek, for an See also:opinion, forecast or decision as to the probable course, duration and termination of a See also:case of disease . It is to be distinguished from " diagnosis " (Gr . &&yvmacs, Scaycyv.gKecv to distinguish), the determination or See also:identification of a disease in a particular case from an investigation of its See also:history and symptoms . |
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