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prognostic

[prog-nos-tik] / prɒgˈnɒs tɪk /
ADJECTIVE
predictive
Synonyms
STRONG
foreboding foretelling guessing
WEAK
anticipating auguring conjecturing divining portending presaging prognosticative surmising
NOUN
omen
Synonyms
STRONG
augury auspice boding foreboding forerunner foretoken harbinger indication portent premonition presage prognostication prophecy sign straw warning writing
WEAK
bodement prefigurement writing on the wall

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"Taken together, expression of mitochondrial BKCa could be used as a prognostic or therapeutic marker in breast cancer patients and presents a potentially new anti-cancer treatment strategy."

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2024

"Our findings have the potential to be used for the development of prognostic and therapeutic markers for precise interventions," said Chatterjee.

From Science Daily • May 8, 2024

Mack has found Cronin’s messages increasingly resonating the deeper he goes into his first college season based on their prognostic prowess.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2024

She had a mastectomy, and there was no evidence of cancer at the time of her surgery — a great prognostic sign, Dr. Carey said.

From New York Times • Jul. 23, 2022

This prognostic filled him with the deepest inquietude, and all the reasonings of his daughter were insufficient to appease him.

From Ormond, Volume II (of 3) or, The Secret Witness by Brown, Charles Brockden