| historadiography | Radiography of tissue, specifically microscopic sections; usually microradiography. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| historic ecosystem | The ecosystem intended for restoration which currently exists, or has been known to exist from historical documents, within the geographic region of a restoration site. (09 Oct 1997) |
| historic wetland | <ecology> An area of land that is no longer a wetland but which once was, usually refers to areas that were wetlands at the beginning of the Gold Rush (1849). (09 Oct 1997) |
| historical article | An article or portion of an article giving an account of past events or circumstances significant in a field of study, a profession, a discovery, an invention, etc. The concept of history is very wide, ranging from the dawn of time to the present. This publication type is often checked in conjunction with biography. (12 Dec 1998) |
| historical geographic locations | Countries known in remote history (as byzantium) or former names of countries reflecting political changes in the 20th century (as germany, east). (12 Dec 1998) |
| historiographer | An historian; a writer of history; especially, one appointed or designated to write a history; also, a title bestowed by some governments upon historians of distinction. Origin: L. Historiographus, Gr.; history + to write: cf. F. Historiographe. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| historiographership | The office of an historiographer. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| historiography | The art of employment of an historiographer. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| historiology | <study> A discourse on history. Origin: Gr. History. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| historrhexis | Breakdown of tissue by some agency other than infection. Origin: histo-+ G. Rhexis, rupture (05 Mar 2000) |
| history | Origin: L.historia, Gr. 'istoria history, information, inquiry, fr. 'istwr, "istwr, knowing, learned, from the root of to know; akin to E. Wit. See Wit, and cf. Story. 1. A learning or knowing by inquiry; the knowledge of facts and events, so obtained; hence, a formal statement of such information; a narrative; a description; a written record; as, the history of a patient's case; the history of a legislative bill. 2. A systematic, written account of events, particularly of those affecting a nation, institution, science, or art, and usually connected with a philosophical explanation of their causes; a true story, as distinguished from a romance; distinguished also from annals, which relate simply the facts and events of each year, in strict chronological order; from biography, which is the record of an individual's life; and from memoir, which is history composed from personal experience, observation, and memory. "Histories are as perfect as the historian is wise, and is gifted with an eye and a soul." (Carlyle) "For aught that I could ever read, Could ever hear by tale or history." (Shak) "What histories of toil could I declare!" (Pope) History piece, a representation in painting, drawing, etc, of any real event, including the actors and the action. Natural history, a description and classification of objects in nature, as minerals, plants, animals, etc, and the phenomena which they exhibit to the senses. Synonym: Chronicle, annals, relation, narration. History, Chronicle, Annals. History is a methodical record of important events which concern a community of men, usually so arranged as to show the connection of causes and effects, to give an analysis of motive and action etc. A chronicle is a record of such events, conforming to the order of time as its distinctive feature. Annals are a chronicle divided up into separate years. By poetic license annals is sometimes used for history. "Justly Caesar scorns the poet's lays; It is to history he trusts for praise." (Pope) "No more yet of this; For 't is a chronicle of day by day, Not a relation for a breakfast." (Shak) "Many glorious examples in the annals of our religion." (Rogers) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| history of medicine, ancient | The period of the history of medicine before 500 a.d. (12 Dec 1998) |
| history of medicine, early modern | The period of the history of medicine from 1451 through 1600 a.d. History of medicine, 15th cent. And history of medicine, 16th cent. Are also available. (12 Dec 1998) |
| history of medicine, medieval | The period of the history of medicine from 500 through 1450 a.d. (12 Dec 1998) |
| history of medicine, modern | The period of the history of medicine from 1601 a.d. To the present. (12 Dec 1998) |