HISTORY

n. Hi"st'o-rl. Gr., loropia. Lat., hiatoria. Fr., liixlnii-i'. (ier.. Uwhirhie. A narrative or record of events. Clinical h. The h. of a particular case of disease; in a wider sens.-, the h. usually to he elicited in cases of a particular disease. Family h. The" h. of a patient's parents and other relatives as hearing upon questions of morbid heredity. Natural h. Lat., histiii-ni niitnrii''s.!>.. liixtoirr HOtUTftte. (!er.. \ii(nri/<-ni-hichte. A general tenn for botany, zoology, mineralogy, etc. 1 1 I xTOT< Ml K, n. Hist'o-tom. From lords, a ti ue, and row, a cutting. See MICROTOMK. E, he; E, ell; G, go; I, die; I, in; N, in: N'. tank; [s. 346]