Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In medicine, prognosis; foreknowledge of the course of a disease.
- noun Same as
prophase .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) Foreknowledge of a disease; prognosis.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun medicine
foreknowledge of adisease ;prognosis
Etymologies
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pro- + phasis
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And all this under the prophasis of saving Iraqis from Saddam Hussein?
Is McCain About to ‘Refine’ His Withdrawal Plan, Too? « Antiwar.com Blog 2008
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