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noun
The art and science of predicting in medicine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
The art of making of predictions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
The act of making prophecies.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
The elaboration and exploration of proleptic themes and ideas; the employment of prolepsis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
plural of proleptic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural, uncountable
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History
From proleptic + -ics.
