physical examination

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physical examination - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Physical \Phys"ic*al\ (f[i^]z"[i^]*kal), a.
     1. Of or pertaining to nature (as including all created
        existences); in accordance with the laws of nature; also,
        of or relating to natural or material things, or to the
        bodily structure, as opposed to things mental, moral,
        spiritual, or imaginary; material; natural; as, armies and
        navies are the physical force of a nation; the body is the
        physical part of man.
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              Labor, in the physical world, is . . . employed in
              putting objects in motion.            --J. S. Mill.
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              A society sunk in ignorance, and ruled by mere
              physical force.                       --Macaulay.
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     2. Of or pertaining to physics, or natural philosophy;
        treating of, or relating to, the causes and connections of
        natural phenomena; as, physical science; physical laws.
        "Physical philosophy." --Pope.
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     3. Perceptible through a bodily or material organization;
        cognizable by the senses; external; as, the physical,
        opposed to chemical, characters of a mineral.
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     4. Of or pertaining to physic, or the art of medicine;
        medicinal; curative; healing; also, cathartic; purgative.
        [Obs.] "Physical herbs." --Sir T. North.
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              Is Brutus sick? and is it physical
              To walk unbraced, and suck up the humors
              Of the dank morning?                  --Shak.
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     Physical astronomy, that part of astronomy which treats of
        the causes of the celestial motions; specifically, that
        which treats of the motions resulting from universal
        gravitation.
  
     Physical education, training of the bodily organs and
        powers with a view to the promotion of health and vigor.
        
  
     Physical examination (Med.), an examination of the bodily
        condition of a person.
  
     Physical geography. See under Geography.
  
     Physical point, an indefinitely small portion of matter; a
        point conceived as being without extension, yet having
        physical properties, as weight, inertia, momentum, etc.; a
        material point.
  
     Physical signs (Med.), the objective signs of the bodily
        state afforded by a physical examination.
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