medical history

noun

: a record of a past medical problems and treatments that a person has had

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Risks vary with gestational age, a patient's medical history, the procedure performed and the circumstances of the pregnancy. — Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026 No diagnosis or treatment happens without access to digital systems to check past medical history, allergies, other medications, and more, creating even more pressure to pay up. — Hayden Field, The Verge, 28 Sep. 2026 But fabricating his medical history is almost amusingly reckless considering just how consequential the specifics of Kaczynski’s thinking became. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 24 Sep. 2026 Before appointments, Eaton used ChatGPT to organize her daughter’s medical history and identify questions to raise with her doctors. — Lily Brown, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for medical history

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“Medical history.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/medical%20history. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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