medical history

noun

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

Similar
medical recordanamnesis
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Meanings

nounmedical history (plural medical histories)

plural medical histories

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

    Synonyms: medical record

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
medical record

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe case history of a medical patient as recalled by the patient

Similar
medical recordanamnesis
Broader
case history
Also see
anamnesishistorymedical record

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic سِيرَة مَرْضِيَة
  • سِيرَة مَرْضِيَةdetails about patient's previous medical experiences
Catalan anamnesi
  • anamnesidetails about patient's previous medical experiences
Chinese Mandarin 病歷 /病历, 病史
  • 病歷 /病历 (bìnglì)details about patient's previous medical experiences
  • 病史 (bìngshǐ)details about patient's previous medical experiences
Danish anamnese
  • anamnesedetails about patient's previous medical experiences
Finnish hoitohistoria
  • hoitohistoriadetails about patient's previous medical experiences
French dossier médical, anamnèse
  • dossier médicaldetails about patient's previous medical experiences
  • anamnèsedetails about patient's previous medical experiences
German Krankengeschichte, KG
  • Krankengeschichtedetails about patient's previous medical experiences
  • KGdetails about patient's previous medical experiences
  • Anamnesedetails about patient's previous medical experiences
Greek ιατρικό ιστορικό
  • ιατρικό ιστορικό (iatrikó istorikó)details about patient's previous medical experiences
Japanese 診療録
  • 診療録 (shinryōroku)details about patient's previous medical experiences
Korean 병력
  • 병력 (byeongnyeok)details about patient's previous medical experiences
Polish karta pacjenta
  • karta pacjentadetails about patient's previous medical experiences
Russian медици́нская ка́рта, медка́рта
  • медици́нская ка́рта (medicínskaja kárta)details about patient's previous medical experiences
  • медка́рта (medkárta)details about patient's previous medical experiences
Spanish historial médico
  • historial médicodetails about patient's previous medical experiences
Swahili historia ya matibabu
  • historia ya matibabudetails about patient's previous medical experiences
Swedish patientjournal
  • patientjournaldetails about patient's previous medical experiences
Thai ประวัติการรักษา, เวชระเบียน
  • ประวัติการรักษาdetails about patient's previous medical experiences
  • เวชระเบียนdetails about patient's previous medical experiences
Turkish tıbbi kayıt
  • tıbbi kayıtdetails about patient's previous medical experiences
Welsh hanes meddygol
  • hanes meddygoldetails about patient's previous medical experiences
Cite this entry
APA

medical history. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/medical%20history

MLA

“medical history.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/medical%20history. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “medical history,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/medical%20history.

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