family history
Noun 1. 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 (hypernym) case history (part-holonym) medical history, medical record, anamnesis | ||||
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Family history Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
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family history
A record of a person's current and past illnesses, and those of his or her parents, brothers, sisters, children, and other family members. A family history shows the pattern of certain diseases in a family, and helps to determine risk factors for those and other diseases.
A record of a person's current and past illnesses, and those of his or her parents, brothers, sisters, children, and other family members. A family history shows the pattern of certain diseases in a family, and helps to determine risk factors for those and other diseases.
Family history Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Family history
Family history is the systematic narrative and research of past events relating to a specific family, or specific families.
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