physical examination

A medical examination by a physician or nurse practitioner to determine the state of a person's health, identify risk factors for disease, and devise strategies for disease prevention.

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physical examination

(Medicine) med the process of examining the body by means of sight, touch, percussion, or auscultation to diagnose disease or verify fitness

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phys′ical examina′tion

an examination, usu. by a physician, of a person's body in order to determine his or her state of health.

Translations

fyzikální vyšetření

physical examination

n → visita medica

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Once, when the instinct of preservation fluttered, he went to a doctor and underwent a searching physical examination. Nothing could be found the matter with him.

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