checkup

noun

check·up | \ ˈchek-ˌəp

plural checkups

Definition of checkup

: a general examination of someone's or something's condition … Take your car or minivan to the garage for a thorough checkup. — Travel Holiday especially : a periodic medical or dental examination Family history for breast, prostate and colon cancer is one of the first things any competent doctor asks you about at a checkup. — Peter Huber After each checkup, the dentist asks, "Have you been flossing?" The big lie: "Of course." — Jin Lee

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Examples of checkup in a Sentence

She goes for a checkup every year. The doctor gave me a checkup. She brought in her car for a 30,000-mile checkup.

Recent Examples on the Web One New York family recently affected by an exclusion was that of Gabrielle Chaplin, whose 2-year-old daughter was found to have five times the threshold for elevated lead after a checkup in September 2020. — New York Times, 29 Mar. 2022 His pediatrician picked up on some of them at his 18-month checkup. — Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2022 Edison had his checkup at Sage Memorial Hospital in Ganado medical center before this run. — John Kissane, Outside Online, 26 Feb. 2021 That family needs to get that man in for a complete physical, mental and, especially, psychosocial checkup NOW! — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 8 Feb. 2022 That family needs to get that man in for a complete physical, mental and, especially, psychosocial checkup NOW! — cleveland, 8 Feb. 2022 After receiving a brief medical checkup—including an ear-cleaning, with ethanol—the vole was released back into the bulrush. — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 4 Jan. 2022 So, the family went home, counted their blessings, fell to their knees in relief as each test and checkup — weekly, monthly, every six months for the next five years — came back clean. — Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Nov. 2021 Days before the pair welcomed their first child together, Dye revealed she had been hospitalized for a month due to complications following a routine pregnancy checkup. — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com, 11 Mar. 2022 See More

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