plural checkups
: a general examination of someone's or something's condition
… Take your car or minivan to the garage for a thorough checkup.—
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: 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
Peter Huber After each checkup, the dentist asks, "Have you been flossing?" The big lie: "Of course." —Jin Lee
Jin Lee 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.
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Integrating personal health management into your day-to-day life, rather than considering it solely at routine checkups or appointments, is the future that XR is poised to enable.
—Dani Mariano, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
Please take this seriously and do regular self-exams as well as your annual checkups.
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The study included regular assessments of cognitive function and brain volume, which researchers compared with an existing dataset of comparable individuals who received only usual care, such as regular checkups with healthcare providers and medication management.
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Dani Mariano, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
Please take this seriously and do regular self-exams as well as your annual checkups.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 5 May 2025
The former emperor will undergo tests at the University of Tokyo Hospital after signs of myocardial ischemia were found during a regular checkup last month, NHK reported, citing the Imperial Household Agency.
—Chris Lau, CNN Money, 5 May 2025
The study included regular assessments of cognitive function and brain volume, which researchers compared with an existing dataset of comparable individuals who received only usual care, such as regular checkups with healthcare providers and medication management.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 25 Apr. 2025
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“Checkup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/checkup. Accessed 11 May. 2025.
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checkup
noun
check·up
ˈchek-ˌəp 
: examination sense 1
a dental checkup
especially
: a general physical examination
Medical Definition
checkup
noun
check·up
ˈchek-ˌəp
: examination
especially
: a general physical examination
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