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medical examination

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noun

  1. an examination carried out to determine the physical fitness of an applicant for a job, life insurance, etc

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Potential migrants to Russia had to undergo a medical examination before leaving and just one of multiple Nairobi clinics told AFP they saw 157 in little over one month last year.

From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026

Ms Kutina and her daughters were taken for a medical examination and then shifted to a detention centre.

From BBC • Sep. 30, 2025

The woeful week began on Aug. 14, when a wildlife health and care team conducted a medical examination of Kalluk.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2025

Physician conducting a medical examination of a dairy worker at the state tuberculosis sanatorium in Ah-Gwah-Ching, Minnesota, 1932.

From Salon • Feb. 21, 2025

Pretty soon, stripped to my shorts, 1 was making my eager-to-join comments in the medical examination rooms—and everybody in the white coats that I saw had 4-F in his eyes.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

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