Say my doctor tells me that my grandfather has only a few months to live.
What do we call such a prediction based on a medical condition?
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What do we call such a prediction based on a medical condition?
The word is "prognosis". (Merriam-Webster dictionary)
1: a doctor's opinion about how someone will recover from an illness or injury
2: a judgment about what is going to happen in the future
Medicine: prognosis (a prediction of) the likely outcome of a disease in a general or particular case... the alternative word is "prognostication"