Prognostic

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To Prognosticate.

II. Prognostic ·adj A sign or symptom indicating the course and termination of a disease.

III. Prognostic ·adj Indicating something future by signs or symptoms; foreshowing; aiding in prognosis; as, the prognostic symptoms of a disease; prognostic signs.

IV. Prognostic ·adj That which prognosticates; a sign by which a future event may be known or foretold; an indication; a sign or omen; hence, a foretelling; a prediction.