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MEDICAL RECORD
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 record" is a kind of...):
case history (detailed record of the background of a person or group under study or treatment)
Meronyms (parts of "medical record"):
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:
Daily consumption of sugary drinks (sugar sweetened beverages and 100% fruit juices) and artificially sweetened (diet) beverages were calculated and first cases of cancer reported by participants were validated by medical records and linked with health insurance national databases.
(Possible link found between sugary drinks, cancer, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Private information includes information about behavior that occurs in a context in which an individual can reasonably expect that no observation or recording is taking place, and information which has been provided for specific purposes by an individual and which the individual can reasonably expect will not be made public (for example, a medical record).
(Human Study Subject, Food and Drug Administration)
