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natural history
noun
: the study of plants, animals, and sometimes ancient human civilizations
Full Definition of NATURAL HISTORY
1
: a treatise on some aspect of nature
2
: the natural development of something (as an organism or disease) over a period of time
3
: the study of natural objects especially in the field from an amateur or popular point of view
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First Known Use of NATURAL HISTORY
1567
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natural history
noun
Medical Definition of NATURAL HISTORY
: the natural development of something (as an organism or disease) over a period of time <increasing knowledge of the natural histories of tumors—H. S. N. Greene>
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