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health check

1. (Medicine) a medical checkup

2. Brit any examination carried out to verify the physical condition of an appliance or machine

3. Brit any examination carried out to verify the financial success or security of a company or person

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health check - a thorough physical examination; includes a variety of tests depending on the age and sex and health of the person

checkup, medical, medical checkup, medical exam, medical examination

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

ballistocardiogram - a graphical recording made by a ballistocardiograph

cardiogram, ECG, EKG, electrocardiogram - a graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph

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