Letter R

Registry

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Although a registry was originally the place (like Registry House in Edinburgh) where information was collected (in registers), the word registry has also come to mean the collection itself.

A registry is usually organized so the data can be analyzed.

For example, analysis of data in a tumor registry maintained at a hospital may show a rise in lung cancer among women

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