English Explanatory Dictionary

Kardex

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A medical-patient information system which uses forms preprinted on durable card stock; loosely, any similar system for paper-based record-keeping.
  2. The device used to hold the cards of such a system; visible file.
noun
  1. Alternative form of Kardex.

Word forms

Kardex Kardexes cardex

Etymology

From the trademarked name of a particular brand of card system; an alteration of card (“data recorded on durable paper”) + -ex.

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