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a test carried out on liquid taken from a pregnant woman’s womb in order to find out if the baby has any medical problems

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a medical examination of a dead person’s body to find out why they died

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a medical test in which cells are taken from your body and examined to find out if they are healthy

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a medical test in which a small amount of blood is taken from someone and tested to see if it shows any disease, drugs etc in the body

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a medical test in which computer technology is used for producing an image of the inside of a part of your body, or the image that is produced in this way

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a medical test in which cells are taken from a woman’s cervix to check for cancer. The American word is Pap smear.

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an examination of someone to find out whether they are healthy

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an examination by a doctor or dentist to make sure that you are healthy

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a scientific test of a drug in which the results from one group of people who take the drug are compared with the results from another group of people who do not take it

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a cat scan

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a statement about what disease someone has, based on examining them

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electroencephalogram: a medical test of electrical activity in the brain

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a medical examination

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an occasion when a doctor looks carefully at someone’s body to make certain they are healthy

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a photograph of a woman’s breast taken using x-rays in order to discover whether she has breast cancer

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the process of x-raying a woman’s breast in order to discover whether she has breast cancer

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a complete examination of your body by a doctor

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an examination of your body by a doctor to find out if you have any health problems

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a medical test in which images are made of the organs inside your body, or the image that is produced in this way. MRI is a short form of magnetic resonance imaging.

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a cervical smear

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a physical examination

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a medical examination to find out whether someone is healthy enough to do something such as a particular job

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a medical test result that shows someone has the disease or condition that was tested for. A false positive is a result that shows you have a disease or condition when you really do not have it.

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a medical examination of a dead body to find out why the person died

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medical examinations, treatments, advice etc intended to prevent illness or discover it before it becomes serious

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a medical test that uses a special piece of equipment to produce a picture of the inside of your body

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a medical test that uses a special piece of equipment to produce a picture of a developing baby inside a pregnant woman

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tests done to check someone for a particular disease

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the process of checking parts of your own body for signs of disease

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a smear test

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a medical test in which a doctor takes cells from the entrance to a woman’s womb (=the part of her body where a baby grows) to check for cancer. A smear test is often simply called a smear and doctors usually call it a cervical smear.

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a test that is used to find out if a person has a particular health problem

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a small amount of a body substance that has been removed from someone’s body with a swab

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an examination of a part of your body or of a substance taken from your body

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a process in which a substance is passed through someone’s body to show where a problem is

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a way of producing an image of an organ inside someone’s body using sound waves

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a picture of the bones or organs inside someone’s body taken using X-rays