MEDICAL CHECKUP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does medical checkup mean? 

• MEDICAL CHECKUP (noun)
  The noun MEDICAL CHECKUP has 1 sense:

1. a thorough physical examination; includes a variety of tests depending on the age and sex and health of the person

  Familiarity information: MEDICAL CHECKUP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MEDICAL CHECKUP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A thorough physical examination; includes a variety of tests depending on the age and sex and health of the person

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

checkup; health check; medical; medical checkup; medical exam; medical examination

Hypernyms ("medical checkup" is a kind of...):

examination; scrutiny (the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes))

Meronyms (parts of "medical checkup"):

ballistocardiogram (a graphical recording made by a ballistocardiograph)

cardiogram; ECG; EKG; electrocardiogram (a graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph)

 Context examples 

A medical checkup can rule out other illnesses that might cause your mood changes.

(Bipolar Disorder, NIH: National Institute of Mental Health)