family history
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffamilyandhistory
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family
noun
uk/ˈfæm.əl.i/us/ˈfæm.əl.i/
a group of people who are related to each other, such as a mother, a father, and ...
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history
noun
uk/ˈhɪs.tər.i/us/ˈhɪs.t̬ɚ.i/
(the study of or a record of) past events considered together, especially events of a particular period, country, ...
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(Definition offamilyandhistoryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Thefamilyhistorymethod using diagnostic criteria : reliability and validity.
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They did not suffer from medical or psychiatric disorders and were not receiving medication, and had nofamilyhistoryof psychiatric disorder.
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Surely this abbreviatedfamilyhistoryneglects some lines of descent, given the eighteenth-century use of the term.
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An evaluation of thefamilyhistorymethod for ascertaining psychiatric disorders.
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Other maternal factors which increase the risk of developing pre-eclampsia include a positivefamilyhistoryand being at the extremes of reproductive life.
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Thefamilyhistoryis adjusted to his present audience and purposes.
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There were no differences on demographic variables,familyhistoryof psychiatric disorders or neuroimaging findings.
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Alternative strategies would be to sample high risk groups, for example offspring with afamilyhistoryof eating disorders.
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The major work described in each of the three types of studies - adoption, twin andfamilyhistory/high risk - concurred on this point.
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In three of the four subpopulations persons with afamilyhistoryof heart disease are likely to have given up smoking.
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Clinical genetic input is often required as thefamilyhistoryor parental examination may yield valuable clues to the diagnosis.
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The anorexic sisters had lower levels of all the risk factors within the dieting domain, apart from afamilyhistoryof eating disorders.
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Litigants acquired a new vocabulary for defending their interests and constructing theirfamilyhistoryto suit those interests.
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The pattern of inheritance was autosomal dominant in some cases but other patients did not have afamilyhistoryof disease.
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The early onset group had a strongerfamilyhistoryof bipolar disorder, and showed more acute, severe and atypical symptoms during their first manic episode.
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The presence of any past orfamilyhistoryof psychiatric or breast disorders was also noted.
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In sample 2 subjects,familyhistoryof depression and other neuropsychiatric disorders was obtained from the patient and a close family member (when available).
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Individuals have been classified based on age of onset,familyhistory, symptom severity, psychiatric comorbidity, scores on screening inventories, personality characteristics, and many other variables.
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Seven depressive subjects had afamilyhistoryof major depressive disorder, but none of the subjects had a family history of bipolar or psychotic disorder.
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