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health checkupA medical examination to assess overall health status and detect potential health problems

Part of speech: NOUN

Definition: A medical examination to assess overall health status and detect potential health problems

Pronunciation (IPA): /ˈhelθ ˈtʃekʌp/

Korean meaning: 전반적인 건강 상태를 평가하고 잠재적 건강 문제를 발견하기 위한 의학적 검진

Korean pronunciation: **헬**스 **체**컵

Example Sentences

  • My doctor found I was perfectly healthy during my health checkup, except for my addiction to chocolate.
  • The company provides free health checkups for all employees once a year.
  • After avoiding the doctor for five years, he finally went for a health checkup and discovered he was actually in great shape.

health checkup

NOUN

//ˈhelθ ˈtʃekʌp//

A medical examination to assess overall health status and detect potential health problems

health checkup concept
💡 Concept

A medical examination to assess overall health status and detect potential health problems

health checkup rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

Health checkup complete, schedule your pickup with data backup!

🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/ˈhelθ ˈtʃekʌp/
🇬🇧 UK/ˈhelθ ˈtʃekʌp/

🌳Etymology

Roothealth
Suffix-checkup

Origin

'Health'는 고대 영어 'hælth'에서, 'checkup'은 'check'(확인하다)와 'up'(완전히)의 합성어로 20세기에 만들어진 미국식 표현입니다.

🎵Rhyme

backuppickupmakeup
backup
pickup
makeup

🔗Collocations

annual health checkup
routine health checkup
comprehensive health checkup
schedule a health checkup
undergo a health checkup

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

My doctor found I was perfectly healthy during my health checkup, except for my addiction to chocolate.

The company provides free health checkups for all employees once a year.

After avoiding the doctor for five years, he finally went for a health checkup and discovered he was actually in great shape.

😄 Fun example

She was so nervous about her health checkup that she studied for it like it was an exam.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

medical examinationphysical exammedical checkuproutine examination

Antonyms

medical neglecthealth ignorance

Related

diagnosisscreeningpreventionwellnessmedical test

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