"case history" meaning in English

See case history in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: case histories [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} case history (plural case histories)
  1. The details of the history of some case (often medical).
    Sense id: en-case_history-en-noun-v8mGxo-4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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