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medical diagnosis vs prognosis

prognosis vs medical diagnosis

medical diagnosis and prognosis both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
medical diagnosis Yes No No No
prognosis Yes No No No
As nouns, prognosis is a hyponym of medical diagnosis; that is, prognosis is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than medical diagnosis:
  • medical diagnosis: identification of a disease from its symptoms
  • prognosis: a prediction of the course of a disease
Other hyponyms of medical diagnosis include differential diagnosis, medical prognosis, prospect.
medical diagnosis (noun) prognosis (noun)
identification of a disease from its symptoms a prediction of the course of a disease
a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop
Difference between medical diagnosis and prognosis

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