prognostics
Art of foretelling
Prognostics are signs or indicators used to forecast future outcomes, especially in medicine.
A physician reads prognostics—symptoms, test results, vital signs—to predict how a disease will develop: The prognostics were not encouraging.
The term extends to any field where observable signs suggest what's coming: Economic prognostics pointed toward recession.
Foretelling of future events
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
- auguryOmen interpretation practice
- omensProphetic signs or warnings
- divinationForetelling through mystical means
soothsaying · seer · sibyl · clairvoyance · portents · auspices · astrology · signs
Prediction of future conditions
- weatherAtmospheric state outdoors
- barometerInstrument gauging atmospheric pressure
- precipitationAtmospheric water deposit
- temperatureMeasured heat intensity
humidity · doppler · radar · satellite · climate · cyclone · hurricane · typhoon
Indicators of disease
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- clinicalEmotionally detached, medically precise
- pathologyStudy of disease processes
- biomarkersMeasurable disease indicators
imaging · screening · detection · staging · remission · recurrence · mortality · morbidity
Finite problem-solving procedure
- analyticsSystematic examination of datasets
- modelingSimulating or demonstrating form
- simulationImitation of real processes
- probabilityQuantified chance of occurrence
data-mining · forecasting · projection · estimation · inference · likelihood · extrapolation · regression
Devices that detect input
- machineryCollective mechanical equipment
- equipmentTools for a task
- wearCarry on person
- uptimeContinuous operational period
downtime · thermography · reliability · degradation · lifespan
prophecy
Foretelling of future events
divination · soothsaying · seer · sibyl · clairvoyance · portents · auspices · astrology · signs · foretelling
forecast
Prediction of future conditions
- weatherAtmospheric state outdoors
- barometerInstrument gauging atmospheric pressure
- precipitationAtmospheric water deposit
temperature · humidity · doppler · radar · satellite · climate · cyclone · hurricane · typhoon · front
symptoms
Indicators of disease
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- clinicalEmotionally detached, medically precise
- pathologyStudy of disease processes
biomarkers · imaging · screening · detection · staging · remission · recurrence · mortality · morbidity · outcome
algorithm
Finite problem-solving procedure
- analyticsSystematic examination of datasets
- modelingSimulating or demonstrating form
- simulationImitation of real processes
probability · data-mining · forecasting · projection · estimation · inference · likelihood · extrapolation · regression · time-series
sensors
Devices that detect input
uptime · downtime · thermography · reliability · degradation · lifespan
prognosticsretrospection
Contemplating past events
hindsight · historical analysis · autopsy · historiography · post-mortem
prognosticate, prognostic, prognostication, prognosticator, prognosticating, prognostications, prognosticators, prognosticated, prognosticates