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registry /reg·is·try/ (rej´is-tre)

1. an office where a nurse's name may be listed as being available for duty.

2. a central agency for the collection of pathologic material and related data in a specified field of pathology.

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registry

[rej′istrē]

Etymology: L, regerere, to bring back

1 an office or agency in which lists of nurses and records pertaining to nurses seeking employment are maintained.

2 (in epidemiology) a listing service for incidence data pertaining to the occurrence of specific diseases or disorders, such as a tumor registry.

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registry [rej´is-tre]

1. an office where a nurse's name may be listed as being available for duty.

2. a central agency for collection of pathologic material and related data in a specified field of pathology, so organized that the data can be properly processed and made available for study.

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registry

1. an office for the maintenance of a register.

2. a central agency for collection of pathological material and related data in a specified field of pathology, so organized that the data can be properly processed and made available for study.

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registry

A system for collecting and maintaining, in a structured record, data on specific persons from a defined population, which allows preliminary analyses and reviews. See Disease Registry, Exposure registry, National Exposure Registry.