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MEDICAL HISTORY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The case history of a medical patient as recalled by the patient
Synonyms:
anamnesis; medical history; medical record
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("medical history" is a kind of...):
case history (detailed record of the background of a person or group under study or treatment)
Meronyms (parts of "medical history"):
family history (part of a patient's medical history in which questions are asked in an attempt to find out whether the patient has hereditary tendencies toward particular diseases)
Context examples:
A reference source that provides meanings of words related to medical history.
(Medical History Dictionary, NCI Thesaurus)
The researchers obtained detailed medical histories of the women two to seven years after their first pregnancy to see if outcomes in their first pregnancies were associated with their cardiovascular health.
(First-time pregnancy complications linked to increased risk of hypertension later in life, National Institutes of Health)
The medical history dataset includes the subject's prior history at the start of the trial.
(Medical History Domain, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
The date and time a medical history event began.
(Medical History Event Start Date Time, NCI Thesaurus)
A family medical history may show a pattern of certain diseases in a family.
(Family medical history, NCI Dictionary)
To diagnose mental health problems, the doctor or mental health specialist looks at your child's signs and symptoms, medical history, and family history.
(Child Mental Health, NIH: National Institute of Mental Health)
The verbatim description of the medical history being reported.
(Medical History Reported Term, NCI Thesaurus)
A character or string that represents a medical history event reference.
(Medical History Reference Identifier, NCI Thesaurus)
The rationale why a medical history was not obtained.
(Medical History Reason Not Done, NCI Thesaurus)
The line number of the medical history.
(Medical History Line Number, NCI Thesaurus)
