life history

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An investigation into the details and activities of a person over the course of their lifetime; one’s background.
  2. Information concerning a person’s diseases and medical disorders suffered during his or her lifetime; especially useful if the disorders are genetic.
  3. The set of stages that an organism, or a species, experiences over its lifetime, from conception to death.

Word forms

life history life histories

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