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Adjective: prognostic  próg'nó-stik
  1. Of or relating to prediction; having value for making predictions
    - predictive, prognosticative
Noun: prognostic  próg'nó-stik
  1. A sign of something about to happen
    - omen, portent, presage, prognostication, prodigy

Derived forms: prognostics

See also: prophetic, prophetical

Type of: augury, foretoken [literary], sign

Encyclopedia: Prognostic