physical examination

process by which a medical professional investigates the body of a patient for signs of disease
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physical examination

Summary

physical examination ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (455 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • physical examination is a type of health assessment[2].
  • physical examination is a type of medical examination[3].
  • physical examination is a type of medical test[4].
  • physical examination is part of health risk assessment[5].
  • physical examination is used for medical diagnosis[6].
  • physical examination's Commons category is recorded as Physical examinations[7].
  • physical examination's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Physical examination[8].
  • physical examination's topic has template is recorded as Template:Medical records and physical exam[9].
  • physical examination's main Wikidata property is recorded as P923[10].
  • physical examination's equivalent class is recorded as https://schema.org/PhysicalExam[11].
  • physical examination's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C20989[12].
  • physical examination's disjoint union of is recorded as list of values as qualifiers[13].
  • physical examination's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[14].
  • physical examination's has evaluation is recorded as physical finding[15].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include health assessment[2], medical examination[3], and medical test[4].

Use and Application

physical examination is used for medical diagnosis[6]. It is part of health risk assessment[5].

Why It Matters

physical examination ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (455 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
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  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of
    Disjoint union of list of values as qualifiers
    Has evaluation physical finding
    On focus list of wikimedia project Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 9279, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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