REEXAMINATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment

Synonyms:

follow-up; followup; reexamination; review

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("reexamination" is a kind of...):

examination; scrutiny (the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes))

Derivation:

reexamine (look at again; examine again)

Meaning:

(law) questioning of a witness by the party that called the witness after that witness has been subject to cross-examination

Synonyms:

redirect examination; reexamination

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("reexamination" is a kind of...):

examination; interrogation; interrogatory (formal systematic questioning)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)