MEDICAL HISTORY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does medical history mean? 

• MEDICAL HISTORY (noun)
  The noun MEDICAL HISTORY has 1 sense:

1. the case history of a medical patient as recalled by the patient

  Familiarity information: MEDICAL HISTORY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MEDICAL HISTORY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The case history of a medical patient as recalled by the patient

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

anamnesis; medical history; medical record

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 characterization of the relationship of an medical history conclusion point in time to a reference point in time.

(Medical History End Relative to Reference Period, NCI Thesaurus)

An event in the personal medical history of heart failure, a condition in which the heart is unable to pump enough blood to meet the body's requirements.

(History of Heart Failure, NCI Thesaurus)

Your doctor will make the diagnosis based on your medical history, symptoms, and a physical exam.

(Giant Cell Arteritis, NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)

An indicator of the end of the medical history event in relation to a specific point in time.

(Medical History End Relative to Reference Time Point, NCI Thesaurus)

The date and time a medical history event has concluded.

(Medical History Event End Date Time, NCI Thesaurus)

A point in time that indicates the conclusion of a medical history event.

(Medical History End Timepoint, NCI Thesaurus)

An event in a personal medical history indicating that a myocardial infartion has occurred during the previous 6 months.

(History of Myocardial Infarction Within 6 Months, NCI Thesaurus)

The stop date of the medical history item.

(Medical History End Date, NCI Thesaurus)

The date on which the recording of the patient medical history was finished.

(Medical History Completion Date, NCI Thesaurus)

An indication or description that an event or occurrence in an individual's medical history is being managed.

(Medical History Controlled, NCI Thesaurus)