单词 | family history |
释义 | family historyn. 1. The history of a family; a narrative about this. In later use also: the study of the history of a family or families; genealogy as an area of research. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > historical narrative > [noun] > types of historical narrative or work memoriala1393 commentary1547 church story1563 church history1566 local history1615 anecdotes1649 political history1656 memoirs1659 family history1726 nobiliary1728 sacred history1853 prosopography1896 herstory1932 microhistory1969 1726 W. Gordon Hist. Family Gordon I. p. v Family Pictures..represent to us, the Face and Countenance of our Ancestors. A Family History is a Picture of their Minds. 1799 E. Meeke Harcourt I. ii. 22 Your ignorance of my name convinces me you are utterly unacquainted with my family history. a1855 C. Brontë Professor (1857) II. xxv. 242 He..would dwell on the past times of his house, on his family history. 1877 R. M. Smith (title) The Burlington Smiths. A family history. 1933 45th Ann. Rep. Los Angeles Public Libr. 15 Demand for family history research increases, and the Genealogy Room is always full of earnest workers. 1985 W. Sheed Frank & Maisie xiii. 281 I felt myself standing in the middle of a historical footnote: not just to family history, but to Church history. 2012 J. W. Cortada Hist. Hunting iv. 110 Ancestry.com... A critical destination for anyone doing family history. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > types of narrative or story generally > [noun] > story with specific subject human story1753 family history1780 snake story1826 birth story1837 creation story1860 nostos1910 success story1925 microhistory1969 plutography1985 1780 Mirror 25 Apr. 401 The little family-history I am going to relate. 3. Medicine. The part of a medical history (see history n. 1c) concerned with diseases, traits, and causes of death occurring within a patient's family; (also) the occurrence of a particular disease or trait in a family. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical services and administration > [noun] > case-history of patient family history1833 case history1868 case sheet1871 bed-card1885 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > types > [noun] > hereditary disease family disease1724 family history1833 1833 J. Forbes et al. Cycl. Pract. Med. II. 418/2 A professional man called to a case supposed to belong to any of these disorders immediately endeavours to strengthen his diagnosis by information gathered from the family history. 1855 Lancet 5 May 458/2 On the other hand, in support of the tuberculous origin of the ulcer, is the discovery of tuberculized bronchial glands, the previous cough, and the family history of the patient. 1918 Jrnl. Nerv. & Mental Dis. 47 341 Four per cent of the patients gave a family history of thyroid disease. 1967 Jrnl. Pediatrics 70 386/2 A male cousin of the mother had died at the age of 18 months in 1937... The family history was otherwise noncontributory. 2002 I. C. McManus Right Hand, Left Hand vii. 149 It was a strong family history of left-handedness, and thus it is no surprise that of the eight Darwin children.., two were left-handed. 2006 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 1 Oct. x. 16/1 Since the 1980s, the so-called Gail model has been used to assess breast cancer risk, weighing such factors as family history. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1726 |
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