PROGNATHIC
Prog*nath"ic, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Prognathous.
PROGNATHISM
Prog"na*thism, n. (Anat.)
Defn: Projection of the jaws.
— Prog"na*thy, n.
PROGNATHOUS
Prog"na*thous, a. Etym: [Gr. (Anat.)
Defn: Having the jaws projecting beyond the upper part of the face; - - opposed to orthognathous. See Gnathic index, under Gnathic. Their countenances had the true prognathous character. Kane.
PROGNE Prog"ne, n. Etym: [L., a swallow, traditionally said to be fr. Progne (The sister of Philomela), who was changed into a swallow, Gr. (Zoöl.) (a) A swallow. (b) A genus of swallows including the purple martin. See Martin. (c) An American butterfly (Polygonia, or Vanessa, Progne). It is orange and black above, grayish beneath, with an L-shaped silver mark on the hind wings. Called also gray comma.
PROGNOSIS
Prog*no"sis, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. Know.] (Med.)
Defn: The act or art of foretelling the course and termination of a disease; also, the outlook afforded by this act of judgment; as, the prognosis of hydrophobia is bad.
PROGNOSTIC
Prog*nos"tic, a. Etym: [Gr. Prognosis.]