a written account of a family's immediate and extended relationships
The incidence of a particular condition in one's family. For instance, if one has a relative with alcoholism, then that person has a family history of alcoholism.
Knowledge about the occurrences of diseases, disorders, and illnesses in a person's blood relatives.
The genetic relationships within a family combined with the medical history of individual family members. When represented in diagram form using standardized symbols and terminology, it is usually referred to as a pedigree.
The medical history affecting the applicant's immediate family. It is to look for illness that is hereditary. Focus should be on illness where the onset is before the age of 50.
The occurrence of a disease in a close blood relative, such as a parent, sibling, or child, that may increase one's risk of being diagnosed with that disease.
history of a family in context of the places and times in which they lived.
Refers to the genetic connection and/or family health issues you have with your blood relatives.
The genetic relationships and medical history of a family; when represented in diagram form using standardized symbols and terminology, usually referred to as a pedigree Related Terms: pedigree
The family structure and relationships within the family, including information about diseases in family members. See the entire definition of Family history
includes the medical history of a person's immediate family. It is often used in an attempt to sort out possible hereditary tendencies toward a particular disease
Record of the medical complaints in relatives to see whether any diseases run in the family.
A record of a person's current and past illnesses, and those of his or her parents, brothers, sisters, children, and other family members. A family history shows the pattern of certain diseases in a family, and helps to determine risk factors for those and other diseases.
A list of the patient's family medical history including the chronic medical problems of parents, siblings, grandparents, etc.
History of a person’s family or ancestors
Family history is the study of multiple generations of people who appear to be related. The objective is to exhaustively document the effects of kinship. The audience comprises as many present or future family members as may be curious about this.
In medicine, a family history consists of information about disorders that a patient's direct blood relatives have suffered from. Genealogy typically includes very little of the medical history of the family, but the medical history could be considered a specific subset of the total history of a family.
