case history

American  

noun

1. all the relevant information or material gathered about an individual, family, group, etc., and arranged so as to serve as an organized record and have analytic value for a social worker, student, or the like: used especially in social work, sociology, psychiatry, and medicine.

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case history British  

noun

1. a record of a person's background, medical history, etc, esp one used for determining medical treatment

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Etymology

Origin of case history

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

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case history

“Like a doctor the conservator needs to understand the case history of the building in order to make a correct diagnosis and to prescribe the correct medicine or therapy,” Mr. Warrack says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Not all of his previous case history had made it into his care plan when he was transferred to the adult unit.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2023

Part case history, part white paper, Schleicher’s book is an academic study with an intended audience of federal policy aides, state officials, and bankruptcy judges.

From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2023

For customer service representatives, Microsoft says its copilot will comb through a company’s materials and a customer’s case history and can offer answers based on that knowledge.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 13, 2023

According to Cicero, he was executed some years later when an asp was slipped into his hammock—his end providing a fitting case history for another book on statecraft.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

Related Words

• medical history