CASE HISTORY


Meaning of CASE HISTORY in English

noun

Etymology: case (I)

1. : a record of an individual's personal and family history and environment for use in analyzing his case or as an instructive illustration of a type

a case history of the patient

2. : a genetic description of a single concrete case especially as illustrative of a type

the study is a case history of the … bogging down of a great reform movement — R.L.Strout

3. : the history of a case

trace the case history of a storm — Jerome Namias

4. : a typical example : a significant illustration : type

a case history in corrupt municipal government — M.D.Hirsch

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.