noun
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good
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Older children have a better prognosis because their immune system is better developed.
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A retrospective study showed that amiodarone was associated with a better prognosis in patients with documented ventricular tachycardia on electrocardiographic monitoring.
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Some cases are uncomplicated with a good prognosis while others are difficult to manage with a poor anticipated outcome.
poor
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The poorer prognosis for linear growth among boys who develop Crohn's disease before puberty has not been previously reported.
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Cancer vaccines can cause an advanced tumor to shrink while patients with a poor prognosis can remain in remission.
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This syndrome carried a poor prognosis .
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This presentation implies a very poor prognosis despite treatment, as was the case in six patients in this series.
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While it is clear that specific genetic alterations serve as prognostic indicators, not all correlate with a poor prognosis .
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These risk factors have been linked to a poor prognosis .
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Both these factors contribute to the extremely poor prognosis at presentation.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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By the early 1990s the prognosis for Communism wasn't at all good.
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Doctors say his prognosis is good, and they expect a full recovery.
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The report's prognosis for unemployment was very pessimistic.
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Well, doctor, what's the prognosis ?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Her prognosis , by any reasonable medical standards, was very poor.
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His prognosis for one-year survival is five per cent.
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The prognosis is perhaps for a euro recovery, but how far is it likely to move?
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The prognosis was given as extremely negative.
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The single most important determinant of future prognosis remains left ventricular function.
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These results suggest that underlying health is much more important than age in determining prognosis after hospital care with community-acquired pneumonia.
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What is the prognosis for that?
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Where ownership is not committed to long-term success, the prognosis for ongoing performance improvement is poor.