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

Fittingly, the only father-son pair to play together in Major League Baseball, Ken Griffey Sr. and Ken Griffey Jr., are expected to attend the game Tuesday in case history is made.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2024

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

While Susan was getting back on her feet she was asked by the Western trust if she would like to come in for a review of her case history.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2023

What particularly interested me, I said, was that his symptoms mirrored those of a child to whom Doidge had devoted a case history in his second book.

From New York Times • Aug. 20, 2019

He could see that she was beside herself with joy over finding a legitimate cause, a bona fide case history, a new movement.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

Related Words

• medical history