"workup" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: workups [plural], work-up [alternative]
Etymology: Deverbal from work up. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|work up}} Deverbal from work up Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} workup (countable and uncountable, plural workups)
  1. (countable, medicine) A general medical examination to assess a person's health and fitness. Tags: countable Translations (a general medical examination): Untersuchung [feminine] (German), controllo medico [masculine] (Italian), badanie lekarskie [neuter] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-workup-en-noun-2wF8MB4Q Categories (other): Medicine Topics: medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'a general medical examination': 94 1 1 3 1
  2. (chemistry) All the additional procedures and reactions carried out after the main chemical reaction to obtain the desired product. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-workup-en-noun-DP0O2QgC Categories (other): Chemistry Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  3. (military) A period of training or preparation, typically for a specific operation. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-workup-en-noun-rOHiDb55 Categories (other): Military Topics: government, military, politics, war
  4. (uncountable) Synonym of scrub baseball Tags: uncountable Synonyms: scrub baseball [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-workup-en-noun-EvyRooVn Categories (other): English deverbals, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Baseball Disambiguation of English deverbals: 5 27 4 52 12 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 27 4 51 14 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 5 28 5 49 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 28 2 56 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 28 2 56 12 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 7 26 5 46 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 7 26 6 42 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 8 27 6 44 15 Disambiguation of Baseball: 2 2 2 92 2
  5. An unfinished or unfinalized version; a draft, prototype. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-workup-en-noun-LtAEZgac

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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