Definition of workup
:an intensive diagnostic study especially for medical purposes
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A full diagnostic workup revealed nothing, so genetics experts in Boston and the Bigelows’ hometown of Portland, Maine, recommended sequencing all of her genes.
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Most likely, Farley had some questionable enlargement and is undergoing further workup for safety and will be ultimately cleared for football.
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But most of the time people will get better on their own, without intervention or extensive workup.
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First Known Use of workup
1939
First Known Use of work-up
1903
work up
verb
Definition of work up
transitive verb
1
:to stir up :rouse
2
:to produce by mental or physical work
- worked up a comedy act
- worked up a sweat in the gym
intransitive verb
:to rise gradually in intensity or emotional tone
Examples of work up in a Sentence
spent years working up a period novel that was historically accurate in every detail
First Known Use of work up
15th century
work up Synonyms
Synonyms
carve (out), develop, forge, grind (out), thrash (out), work out, hammer outRelated Words
churn out, crank out, turn out; cobble (together or up), throw up; compose, construct, craft, create, engineer, fabricate, fashion, form, frame, generate, manufacture, mint, model, shape, tailor; conceive, concoct, contrive, cook (up), devise, hatch, invent, originate; accomplish, achieve, bring off, carry out, effectNear Antonyms
demolish, destroy, dismantle, raze, tear down; ruin, undo, unmake, wreckMedical Dictionary
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