MEDICAL EXAM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does medical exam mean? 

• MEDICAL EXAM (noun)
  The noun MEDICAL EXAM 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 EXAM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MEDICAL EXAM (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 exam" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (parts of "medical exam"):

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 

Since the sixth house also rules health, it would be a good idea to have an annual medical exam to be sure nothing needs attention.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

You can now become excited about becoming fit, and you seem ready to have that annual medical exam you’ve been avoiding.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Before you begin exercising, this is the month you should have your annual medical exam to find out what your doctor suggests you do and not do.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

You might decide to have an annual medical exam, always a good idea. (My doctor makes me do it, so I do.) If you do go in for your exam, you are likely to get the final results by January 10.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

This same house also rules the state of your health and the steps you take to stay healthy, such as working out, taking vitamins, going to the dentist, getting an annual medical exam, and steps like that. (In contrast to the sixth house, your first house of the horoscope reflects your vitality.)

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)