prognostic

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

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.]

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  predictive, prognosticative, omen, portent, presage, prognostication, prodigy