a record of a person’s background, past illnesses, etc. that a doctor or social worker studies (醫生用的)病歷;(社會工作者用的)個案史 She familiarized herself with the case history of her new patient. 她熟悉了一下新病人的病歷。 Medical students study the case histories of many patients. 醫學院學生研究許多病人的病歷。