casuistics


casuistics

 [kaz″u-is´tiks] the recording and study of cases of disease.

casuistics

(kăz-ū-ĭs′tĭks) [L. casus, chance] 1. Analysis of clinical case records to establish the general characteristics of a disease. 2. In moral questions, the determination of right and wrong by application of ethical principles to a particular case.