checkup

noun

check·​up ˈchek-ˌəp 

plural checkups

: a general examination of someone's or something's condition

… Take your car or minivan to the garage for a thorough checkup.

—Travel Holiday

especially : 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

After each checkup, the dentist asks, "Have you been flossing?" The big lie: "Of course."

—Jin Lee

Synonyms

• audit
• check
• examination
• going-over
• inspection
• look-see
• review
• scan
• scrutiny
• survey
• view

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.

Recent Examples on the Web

Over the past two years, Cook County Health has spent about $30 million on total migrant care — everything from routine checkups to emergency medical procedures like surgeries and radiology. —Nell Salzman, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2024

Former Minnesota Gophers and Vikings player Ben Williams went for a routine checkup in June of 2015. —Talia McWright, Twin Cities, 31 Oct. 2024

Then, at her eight-week checkup, doctors could not detect a heartbeat in the fetus. —Alex Zaragoza, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024

The biology major still sees her doctors for scans and checkups every six months. —Wendy Grossman Kantor, People.com, 10 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1900, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

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