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anecdote
anecdotea brief story relating an interesting or amusing event: His anecdote was very funny.
Not to be confused with:antidote – a remedy for counteracting a poison or disease: She was given an antidote immediately.an·ec·dote A0294200 (ăn′ĭk-dōt′)n.1. A short account of an interesting or humorous incident.2. pl. an·ec·dotes or an·ec·do·ta (-dō′tə) Secret or hitherto undivulged particulars of history or biography.
[French, from Greek anekdota, unpublished items : an-, not; see a-1 + ekdota, neuter pl. of ekdotos, published (from ekdidonai, ekdo-, to publish : ek-, out; see ecto- + didonai, to give; see dō- in Indo-European roots).]anecdote (ˈænɪkˌdəʊt) na short usually amusing account of an incident, esp a personal or biographical one[C17: from Medieval Latin anecdota unpublished items, from Greek anekdotos unpublished, from an- + ekdotos published, from ekdidonai, from ek- out + didonai to give] ˌanecˈdotic adj ˌanecˈdotalist, ˈanecˌdotist nan•ec•dote (ˈæn ɪkˌdoʊt)
n. a short account of an incident or event of an interesting or amusing nature, often biographical. [1670–80; < New Latin anecdota or French anecdotes < Late Greek, Greek anékdota things unpublished] Anecdote chestnut An old, stale joke; a trite, oft-repeated tale or story. Although the exact origin of this term is unknown, one plausible explanation is that it comes from an old melodrama, The Broken Sword, by William Dillon. In the play, Captain Zavier is retelling, for the umpteenth time, a story having to do with a cork tree. His listener Pablo breaks in suddenly, correcting cork tree to chestnut tree, saying “I should know as well as you having heard you tell the tale these twenty-seven times.” The popularization of the term is attributed to the comedian William Warren, who had played the role of Pablo many times, and who is said to have repeated Pablo’s line about the chestnut in response to an unoriginal story told at a dinner party. The expression has been in use since 1883. cock and bull story See NONSENSE. fish story See EXAGGERATION. Joe Miller A stale joke; a chestnut. In 1739 a man by the name of John Mot-tley put together a book of jests and called it Joe Miller’s Jest-Book, after the name of an illiterate comedian who lived 1684-1738. Current use of this name to describe an overused joke or saying implies that Mottley’s compilation was not very funny, and perhaps included jokes which were old even at that time. Many of the anecdotes are mere Joe Millers. (Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character, 1870) megillah A long, detailed explanation or account; a lengthy, often exaggerated story; frequently in the phrase the whole megillah. Megillah is Hebrew for ‘roll, scroll’ and commonly refers to any or all of a certain five books of the Old Testament to be read on specified feast days. The extraordinary length and tediousness of these readings gave rise to the slang sense of the term as it is popularly used outside of Judaism today. Feeding all the megillah to the papers about his family of Irish Polacks who came over with the Pilgrim Fathers. (Punch, May, 1968) old wives’ tale See SUPERSTITION. shaggy dog story An involved, often seemingly interminable story that derives its humor from its unexpected, absurd, or punning ending; any joke or story involving a talking animal, especially a dog. This expression describes the wryly humorous stories which feature a shaggy dog as the main character or as the speaker of a surprise punch line. Though most popular in the 1940s, shaggy dog stories are still recounted in certain contemporary circles. song and dance See EXAGGERATION. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  anecdote - short account of an incident (especially a biographical one)report, account - the act of informing by verbal report; "he heard reports that they were causing trouble"; "by all accounts they were a happy couple" |
anecdotenoun story, tale, sketch, short story, yarn, reminiscence, urban myth, urban legend He has a talent for recollection and anecdote.anecdotenounAn entertaining and often oral account of a real or fictitious occurrence:fable, story, tale.Informal: tall tale, yarn.Translationsanecdote (ˈӕnikdout) noun a short amusing story, especially a true one. He told us anecdotes about politicians that he knew. 軼事 轶事anecdote
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(1) An in-depth analysis and systematic description of one patient or group of similar patients to promote a detailed understanding of their circumstances.
(2) Research exploring the behaviour and experiences of an individual, group, organisation, community, nation or event. Case studies enable researchers to open up wider issues around their chosen subject
Epidemiology
An uncontrolled (prospective) or retrospective observational study involving an intervention and outcome in a single patient.
Medspeak
A description of an experience with a clinical practice innovation project that yields lessons that may be of interest to others.anecdote (a′nek-dōt″) [L. anecdota, unpublished items fr Gr. anekdoton, unpublished] A brief report of an isolated or unique observation. anecdotal (a″nek-dō′tălt), adjectiveanecdote
Synonyms for anecdotenoun storySynonyms- story
- tale
- sketch
- short story
- yarn
- reminiscence
- urban myth
- urban legend
Synonyms for anecdotenoun an entertaining and often oral account of a real or fictitious occurrenceSynonyms- fable
- story
- tale
- tall tale
- yarn
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