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- noun Plural form of
prognosis .
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Examples
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But what are the long-term prognoses for people with Down syndrome?
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SF writers have generally dodged the long-term prognoses Ward and Brownlee outline, although much of their material has been known to scientists for decades.
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Other patients with more viable long-term prognoses could have benefited, rather than trying to extend this poor girl's life by a few months.
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Anyway, as The American points out, the long-term prognoses for thoroughbred racing isn't too hot, as the industry suffers from "backward economics":
Dealbreaker 2009
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According to a survey published in the journal Health Affairs, 45 percent of the 1,900 doctors surveyed stated that they had given patients rosier prognoses than were warranted by reality in the past year.
Joseph Nowinski, Ph.D.: Coping with Terminal Illness: The Problem of Getting an Honest Prognosis Ph.D. Joseph Nowinski 2012
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The calculation is complicated by variable prognoses of women with distinct breast cancer subtypes, she says.
Dr. Elaine Schattner: Seeing the Metastatic Side of Breast Cancer Dr. Elaine Schattner 2011
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But for the conditions their pets had been diagnosed with, the prognoses — even with the most sophisticated treatment — were grave.
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The calculation is complicated by variable prognoses of women with distinct breast cancer subtypes, she says.
Dr. Elaine Schattner: Seeing the Metastatic Side of Breast Cancer Dr. Elaine Schattner 2011
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These are unheard-of results for end-stage patients with very poor prognoses.
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According to a survey published in the journal Health Affairs, 45 percent of the 1,900 doctors surveyed stated that they had given patients rosier prognoses than were warranted by reality in the past year.
Joseph Nowinski, Ph.D.: Coping with Terminal Illness: The Problem of Getting an Honest Prognosis Ph.D. Joseph Nowinski 2012
GHibbs commented on the word prognoses
The word prognoses is also the third person singular and present indicative of prognose from which you obtain a prognosis. The equivalent from prognosticate would be prognosticates that sounds very clumsy.
March 24, 2014