Examination Meaning
/ɪɡˌzæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe act of examining.
nounParticularly, an inspection by a medical professional to establish the extent and nature of any sickness or injury.
Sentence Examples
A cursory examination of his teeth indicated that he had gingivitis.
You should have known better than to take an examination without preparing for it.
An examination is carried out before the insertion of the tube.
CEFR Practice Quiz
A thorough medical ____ revealed no signs of injury or disease.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The doctor performed a thorough ____ to determine the cause of the patient's chest pain.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English examinacioun, from Old French examinacion, from Latin exāminātiō. Morphologically examine + -ation.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"In a child with infant dyschezia, physical examination and stool examination are normal."
— 2002, Paul Hyman, “Infant Dyschezia: Looking out for Number Two”, in International Foundation for Gastrointestinal Disorders, number 823:
"[The researchers] noticed many of their pieces of [plastic marine] debris sported surface pits around two microns across. Such pits are about the size of a bacterial cell. Closer examination showed that some of these pits did, indeed, contain bacteria, […]."
— 2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845, archived from the original on 14 Aug 2020:
"The question of the plausibility of the counter-factual is seen as key in all three discussions of allohistorical fiction (as it is in Demandt's and Ferguson's examinations of allohistory) (cf. Rodiek 25–26; Ritter 15–16; Helbig 32)."
— 2014 October 14, David Malcolm, “The Great War Re-Remembered: Allohistory and Allohistorical Fiction”, in Martin Löschnigg, Marzena Sokolowska-Paryz, editors, The Great War in Post-Memory Literature and Film, Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG., →ISBN, page 173:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
A thorough medical ____ revealed no signs of injury or disease.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The doctor performed a thorough ____ to determine the cause of the patient's chest pain.