Meanings
adjectivehistoprognostic (not comparable)
- not comparablebiologyRelating to prognosis by examination of cells.
Cyto- and histoprognostic classifications were applied to such specimens and correlated with steroid receptor content measured by biochemical assays.
1993, Jacqueline Mouriquand, Diagnosis of Non-palpable Breast Lesions
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
- Ancient Greekῐ̔στός (hĭstós)
- Englishhisto-
- Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
- Proto-Indo-European*pér
- Proto-Indo-European*pró
- Ancient Greekπρό (pró)
- Ancient Greekπρο- (pro-)
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵneh₃-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵneh₃tis
- Ancient Greekγνῶσις (gnôsis)
- Ancient Greekγνωστῐκός (gnōstĭkós)
- Ancient Greekπρο- (pro-)
- Ancient Greekγνῶσῐς (gnôsĭs)
- Ancient Greekπρόγνωσῐς (prógnōsĭs)
- Ancient Greekπρογνωστῐκός (prognōstĭkós)
- Medieval Latinprognosticus
- Englishprognostic
- Englishhistoprognostic
From histo- + prognostic.
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APA
histoprognostic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/histoprognostic
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“histoprognostic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/histoprognostic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
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