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case report

case report noun: a detailed report of the symptoms, signs, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of an individual patient, possibly containing a demographic profile of the patient, but usually describing an unusual or novel occurrence.

Noun

case report (plural case reports)

  1. A detailed report of the symptoms, signs, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of an individual patient, possibly containing a demographic profile of the patient, but usually describing an unusual or novel occurrence.
  2. An account of a legal action which has been tried and decided, usually including the judgment(s) verbatim, together with a headnote explaining the legal issues determined, intended for the information of legal professionals.

Forms of case report

pluralcase reports

Questions about case report

What does case report mean?
Case report means a detailed report of the symptoms, signs, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of an individual patient, possibly containing a demographic profile of the patient, but usually describing an unusual or novel occurrence.
What part of speech is case report?
Case report is a noun.
What is the plural of case report?
The plural of case report is case reports.

Words near case report in the dictionary

  1. case pickings
  2. case presentation
  3. case presentations
  4. case quarter
  5. case quarters
  6. case report
  7. case reporter
  8. case reporters
  9. case reports
  10. case sensitive
  11. case sensitivities

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