Dear Phangster,
So you're right (yet again) - diagnosis is a confirmation, while prognosis is just a speculation:
Diagnosis
Medicine: The act or process of identifying or determining the nature and cause of a disease or injury through evaluation of patient history, examination, and review of laboratory data. The opinion derived from such an evaluation. A critical analysis of the nature of something. The conclusion reached by such analysis. Biology: A brief description of the distinguishing characteristics of an organism, as for taxonomic classification.
Prognosis
A prediction of the probable course and outcome of a disease. The likelihood of recovery from a disease. A forecast or prediction: a gloomy prognosis for economic recovery.
And now that we know "ban san" is "pasar" in Hokkien, what about "jamban"?! Muahahah! *evil laugh*
-- Lammie
Angel Lam
- Angel Lam
- Singapore
- Angel holds a degree in Communication from Monash University, Melbourne, Australia with specializations in Journalism and Psychology. She entered the United Nations system as the Communications Associate of the Malaysia country office, where she formulated and implemented media strategies on international development issues relating to integrity and transparency, democratic governance, environment, HIV/AIDS, poverty reduction and South-South cooperation, as well as gender issues and the Millennium Development Goals. Angel also worked on several development projects on Afghanistan, particularly in reviving its dried fruits industry through modern agro-processing methodologies, and in encouraging foreign direct investment to the reconstruction of Afghanistan, for which she championed while at the Afghanistan Investment Support Agency, the investment arm of the Government of Afghanistan. She is currently a recipient of the Lee Kuan Yew Postgaduate Scholarship at the LKY School of Public Policy, the political science arm of the National University of Singapore, where her work and research in international development and poverty alleviation continues.