examination

Definition

The act of examining.

Etymology

From Middle English examinacioun, from Old French examinacion, from Latin exāminātiō. Morphologically examine + -ation.

Example Sentences

• "In a child with infant dyschezia, physical examination and stool examination are normal."
• "[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, […]."
• "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)."

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