Life history

noun

Word Frequency: 2.4

Definitions

1.nounAn investigation into the details and activities of a person during his/her lifetime; one's background.

"His life history shows that he frequently moves from town to town, moving from one job to the next."

2.nounInformation concerning a person's diseases and medical disorders suffered during his lifetime; especially useful if the disorders are genetic.

3.nounThe set of stages that an organism, or a species, experiences over its lifetime, from conception to death.

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