anecdotal

9 letters in word "anecdotal": A A C D E L N O T.

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• Definitions:
• refers to evidence based on reports of specific individual cases rather than controlled, clinical studies.
• (an·ec·do·tal) (an”ek-do´t?l) [Gr. anekdotos not published] based on descriptions of unmatched individual cases rather than on controlled studies.
• Information based on casual observations or indications rather than rigorous or scientific analysis.
• When used in a medical context, it does not mean a funny story. It means a single case report not yet substantiated by studies using large numbers of people.
• Based on or consisting of reports or observations of usually unscientific observers.
• (adjective) based on observation or reports of an incident or event (often interesting or amusing), rather than on a systematic evaluation.
• having the character of an anecdote; "anecdotal evidence" anecdotic: characterized by or given to telling anecdotes; "anecdotal conversation"; "an anecdotal history of jazz"; "he was at his anecdotic best"
• An anecdote is a short tale narrating an interesting or amusing biographical incident. It may be as brief as the setting and provocation of a bon mot. An anecdote is always based on real life, an incident involving actual persons, whether famous or not, in real places. ...

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