prognostic
prog·nos·tic (prŏg-nŏsʹtĭk)adj. 1. Of, relating to, or useful in prognosis. 2. Of or relating to prediction; predictive.n. 1. A sign or symptom indicating the future course of a disease. 2. A sign of a future happening; a portent. [Middle English pronostik, prognosticating, omen, from Medieval Latin prognōsticus, prognosticating, from Greek prognōstikos, from prognōsis, foreknowledge; see prognosis. N., from Latin prognōsticum, omen from Greek prognōstikon, from neuter of prognōstikos.]
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