What do we call a doctor's prediction
Solution 1:
The word is "prognosis". (Merriam-Webster dictionary)
1: a doctor's opinion about how someone will recover from an illness or injury
2: a judgment about what is going to happen in the future
- "It's a very good prognosis. She will recover completely"
- "He's undergone surgery plus chemotherapy. Still it's a somber prognosis."
- "What is my prognosis, doctor? Very good, Mrs Barnard. The tumor has been removed and you are cured."
Solution 2:
Medicine: prognosis (a prediction of) the likely outcome of a disease in a general or particular case... the alternative word is "prognostication"