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heteroamnesis

heteroamnesis noun: the medical history of a patient as told by another person (typically a parent).

Noun

heteroamnesis (uncountable)

  1. The medical history of a patient as told by another person (typically a parent)

Origin of heteroamnesis

From hetero- + anamnesis.

Questions about heteroamnesis

What does heteroamnesis mean?
Heteroamnesis means the medical history of a patient as told by another person (typically a parent).
What part of speech is heteroamnesis?
Heteroamnesis is a noun.

Words near heteroamnesis in the dictionary

  1. heteroalleles
  2. heteroallelic
  3. heteroallelism
  4. heteroallene
  5. heteroallenes
  6. heteroamnesis
  7. heteroamnestic
  8. heteroamorous
  9. heteroanalogue
  10. heteroanalogues
  11. heteroanamnesia

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