🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

病史

Pronunciation / Transliteration: bìngshǐ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Case history/ˈkeɪs ˌhɪs.tər.i/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"医生仔细查阅了病人的病史。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A detailed record of the background, development, and medical, psychological, or social history of a patient or client.

    "The psychiatrist reviewed the patient's case history before beginning the therapy session."
  2. 2

    A detailed account of a particular person, problem, or situation used as a study in medicine, law, or sociology.

    "The textbook includes a fascinating case history of a rare neurological disorder."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of 'case' (from Latin 'casus', an occurrence or event) and 'history' (from Greek 'historia', an inquiry or narrative). The compound term emerged in the late 19th century within medical and psychological fields to denote the recorded background of a patient's condition.

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