Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

medical history

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.96 in modern English

Syllables: med-i-cal his-to-ry
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Details of a patient's previous medical experiences, such as existing comorbidities, past infections, operations undergone, and medications taken.

Inflected Forms

medical histories (plural)

Phrases

family history sexual history social history

Frequently Paired Words

family history sexual history social history

Synonyms

medical record anamnesis

Questions

What does medical history mean?: Details of a patient's previous medical experiences, such as existing comorbidities, past infections, operations undergone, and medications taken.

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