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REEXAMINATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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)
Sense 2
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)
