prognostic

prognostic
    adj 1: of or relating to prediction; having value for making
           predictions [syn: {predictive}, {prognostic},
           {prognosticative}]
    n 1: a sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen
         before going into battle" [syn: {omen}, {portent},
         {presage}, {prognostic}, {prognostication}, {prodigy}]
    

Prognostic \Prog*nos"tic\, a. [Gr. prognwstiko`n. See
   {Prognosis}.]
   Indicating something future by signs or symptoms;
   foreshowing; aiding in prognosis; as, the prognostic symptoms
   of a disease; prognostic signs.
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Prognostic \Prog*nos"tic\, n. [L. prognosticum, Gr. ?: cf. F.
   pronostic, prognostic. See {Prognostic}, a.]
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   1. 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.
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            That choice would inevitably be considered by the
            country
            as a prognostic of the highest import. --Macaulay.
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   2. (Med.) A sign or symptom indicating the course and
      termination of a disease. --Parr.
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   Syn: Sign; omen; presage; token; indication.
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Prognostic \Prog*nos"tic\, v. t.
   To prognosticate. [Obs.]
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49 Moby Thesaurus words for "prognostic":
      apocalyptic, augural, auguring, augury, boding, divinatory,
      fatidic, forecasting, forerunning, foreseeing, foreshadowing,
      foreshowing, foretelling, foretokening, forewarning,
      fortunetelling, haruspical, heavy with meaning, indicative,
      intuitive, mantic, meaningful, monitory, omen, oracular, portent,
      precursive, precursory, predictional, predictive, predictory,
      prefigurative, prefiguring, preindicative, premonitory, presage,
      presageful, presaging, presignificative, presignifying,
      prognosticative, prophetic, sibyllic, sibylline, significant,
      vaticinal, vaticinatory, warning, weather-wise