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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Prognostic \Prog*nos"tic\, a. [Gr. ?. See {Prognosis}.]
   Indicating something future by signs or symptoms;
   foreshowing; aiding in prognosis; as, the prognostic symptoms
   of a disease; prognostic signs.

Prognostic \Prog*nos"tic\, n. [L. prognosticum, Gr. ?: cf. F.
   pronostic, prognostic. See {Prognostic}, a.]
   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.

            That choice would inevitably be considered by the
            country as a prognostic of the highest import.
                                                  --Macaulay.

   2. (Med.) A sign or symptom indicating the course and
      termination of a disease. --Parr.

   Syn: Sign; omen; presage; token; indication.

Prognostic \Prog*nos"tic\, v. t.
   To prognosticate. [Obs.]

资料来源 : WordNet®

prognostic
     n : a sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen
         before going into battle" [syn: {omen}, {portent}, {presage},
          {prognostication}, {prodigy}]

prognostic
     adj : of or relating to prediction; having value for making
           predictions [syn: {predictive}, {prognosticative}]