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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A genealogical diagram that indicates the medical histories of the members of a given individual's family, usually over several generations.

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  • noun medicine A pictorial representation of a patient's family tree together with details of the medical history of each person

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Probably from gen(eration) + –o– + –gram.]

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