
Prognosis
Medical Context
Used often in medical situations to discuss the likelihood of patients recovering or the disease progressing.

Given the current treatment, the patient's prognosis is promising.
Not Diagnosis
'Prognosis' refers to future outcomes, not the current diagnosis or identification of a disease.

While the diagnosis is severe pneumonia, the prognosis with treatment is positive.
Emotional Weight
Can carry emotional impact, especially when related to serious illness or long-term conditions.

Her prognosis was grim, leaving the family preparing for the worst.
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