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- noun an
extension togenealogy in which thelife andtimes of the people concerned are investigated - noun medicine
Information concerning thedisorders suffered by the directrelatives of apatient ; especially useful if the disorders aregenetic
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- noun part of a patient's medical history in which questions are asked in an attempt to find out whether the patient has hereditary tendencies toward particular diseases
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