An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
PROGNOSTIC
predictive, prognostic, prognosticative
(adjective) of or relating to prediction; having value for making predictions
omen, portent, presage, prognostic, prognostication, prodigy
(noun) a sign of something about to happen; “he looked for an omen before going into battle”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
prognostic (comparative more prognostic, superlative most prognostic)
Of, pertaining to or characterized by prognosis or prediction.
Synonyms
• foretelling
• predictive
Noun
prognostic (plural prognostics)
(rare, medicine) prognosis
A sign by which a future event may be known or foretold.
A prediction of the future.
One who predicts the future.
Synonyms
• (sign): indication, sign, omen, foretelling, prediction
Anagrams
• topscoring
Source: Wiktionary
Prog*nos"tic, a. Etym: [Gr. Prognosis.]
Definition: Indicating something future by signs or symptoms; foreshowing; aiding in prognosis; as, the prognostic symptoms of a disease; prognostic signs.
Prog*nos"tic, n. Etym: [L. prognosticum, Gr. pronostic, prognostic. See Prognostic, a.]
1. 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. That choice would inevitably be considered by the country as a prognostic of the highest import. Macaulay.
2. (Med.)
Definition: A sign or symptom indicating the course and termination of a disease. Parr.
Syn.
– Sign; omen; presage; token; indication.
Prog*nos"tic, v. t.
Definition: To prognosticate. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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