In general, the names of various diseases or medical materials used in the field of medicine consist of words of Latin origin. Although Latin is not spoken in daily life, it is used in this field to create a common medical language around the world. Even though doctors and scientists have different native languages, communication between them becomes more effective with a common medical language.
What is the prognosis?
The word prognosis, which means to know in advance, to foresee, means to be able to determine a situation in advance. Doctors aim to prevent the patient’s disease from reoccurring or worsening in the future as a result of the treatment methods determined for the patient.
If the data seen as a result of various tests and examinations are called good prognosis, it means that there is no risk of the disease returning in the future.
What does prognosis mean?
Prognosis, a Latin term used in medical language, is used to predict the course of a disease and whether there is a chance of cure. Its literal meaning in Late Latin is to know beforehand. Its equivalent in Turkish is prediction.
The word prognosis is the origin of the word prognosis in Greek. However, its common usage is the Latin word prognosis, and it is used in the common language among scientists and doctors in medical literature.
What does prognosis mean in medicine?
Prognosis, as a term in the medical literature, is about investigating how a patient will respond to the treatment to be applied. A positive treatment process may emerge as a result of all tests and observed symptoms. However, in some cases, various negative symptoms observed may lead to the conclusion that standard treatment or tests are not useful or successful in the disease process.
In the Late Latin language to which it belongs, the word prognosis is used in the sense of foreknowledge, foreseeing or predicting something. In medical terms, prognosis refers to the tests and treatment processes performed during the treatment of a disease and the situation of determining whether the treatment will work or not.