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drug history

noun

B2CEFR level
58/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister

A record of all the medications a patient takes, including doses, over-the-counter drugs and any allergies.

Can we go through your drug history — what medicines are you taking regularly, and do you have any allergies?

Similar: medication history

Topic: Clinical consultation in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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