case history

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.

case history

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of case history¹

First recorded in 1910–15

Related Words

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