In medicine, a follow-up history taken from a patient after recovery from an illness to track their long-term health outcomes.
From Greek 'kata-' (after) + 'amnesis' (remembering), used in medical terminology to describe historical follow-up assessments.
Catamnesis is literally the medical world's way of 'remembering backwards'—doctors systematically recall and document what happened to a patient after treatment ends, which is crucial for understanding whether treatments actually work long-term.
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