Physical examination

/fˈɪzɪkəl ɛɡzˌamɪnˈeɪʃən/

/fˈɪzɪkəl ɛɡzˌæmᵻnˈeɪʃən/

[noun]

[NOUN]

a health assessment by a professional to evaluate the body for abnormalities

Examples

1. Lastly, the data set includes risk factors from the first physical examination of the patient.

2. President Biden had his annual physical examination at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center today, on the eve of his 79th birthday.

3. Basic health care is like a physical examination, you look at the patient.

4. In some of these instances, Mengele and von Verschuer would conduct physical examinations of the defendant, measuring his or her nose and other features in order to determine if the defendant did in fact have Jewish ancestry.