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