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an·ec·dot·al

(an'ek-dō'-tal),

Report of clinical experiences based on individual experience, rather than an organized investigation with standard research features, such as appropriate controls.

[G. anekdota, unpublished items, fr. an- priv + ekdido, to publish]

anecdotal

adjective Unsubstantiated; occurring as single or isolated event; referring to evidence based on subjective descriptions.

Examples
Anecdotal patient response to an unproven method for cancer management; anecdotal cause-and-effect relationship between a noxious factor and a condition.

anecdotal

adjective Unsubstantiated; occurring as single or isolated event. See Fringe, Unproven. Cf Blinding.

an·ec·dot·al

(an'ek-dō'tǎl)

Report of clinical experiences based on individual experience, rather than an organized investigation with standard research features, such as appropriate controls.

[G. anekdota, unpublished items, fr. an-,priv + ekdido, to publish]

an·ec·dot·al

(an'ek-dō'tǎl)

Report of clinical experiences based on individual experience, rather than an organized investigation with standard research features.

[G. anekdota, unpublished items, fr. an- priv + ekdido, to publish]

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Hotcher and his fellow anecdotalists aren't bothered by the steep prices, generally mediocre food (stick to the veal chop) and aggressively cost-conscious service (expect a personal visit from the proprietor if she feels you're not consuming enough to justify the space you're occupying).

Last of the great saloon keepers

Given the number of letters they have written to each other, it is somewhat surprising that my father and aunt fail so entirely as anecdotalists. They exhibit a puzzling inability to give their lives a narrative structure, to evoke scenes and characters and quote lines of dialogue.

Anatomy of a correspondence

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