checkup
Use Checkup in a sentence
noun
1.
a comprehensive physical examination: He went to the doctor for a checkup.
2.
an examination or close scrutiny, as for verification, accuracy, or comparison: They gave the motor a checkup.
Origin:
1885–90, Americanism; noun use of verb phrase check up
1885–90, Americanism; noun use of verb phrase check up
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| —n | |
| 1. | an examination to see if something is in order |
| 2. | med a medical examination, esp one taken at regular intervals to verify a normal state of health or discover a disease in its early stages |
| —vb (sometimes foll by on) | |
| 3. | to investigate or make an inquiry into (a person's character, evidence, etc), esp when suspicions have been aroused |
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Checkup
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
checkup check·up (chěk'ŭp')
n.
An examination or inspection.
A general physical examination.
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Example sentences
It can read your vital signs, can tell you when it's time to have a checkup.
Your health care provider may identify an abnormal development during a regular checkup.
After a quick checkup, she returned to her normal life.
Chime to the idea of getting another doc and a full checkup.
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