MEDICAL EXAMINATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does medical examination mean? 

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MEDICAL EXAMINATION (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 examination" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (parts of "medical examination"):

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 

HEENT is the Head, Ears, Eyes, Nose and Throat, and is referred to as a body system on a physical or medical examination.

(Head, Ears, Eyes, Nose and Throat, NCI Thesaurus)