(1):
(a.) Indicating something future by signs or symptoms; foreshowing; aiding in prognosis; as, the prognostic symptoms of a disease; prognostic signs.
(2):
(a.) That which prognosticates; a sign by which a future event may be known or foretold; an indication; a sign or omen; hence, a foretelling; a prediction.
(3):
(a.) A sign or symptom indicating the course and termination of a disease.
(4):
(v. t.) To prognosticate.