REEXAMINATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reexamination mean? 

• REEXAMINATION (noun)
  The noun REEXAMINATION has 2 senses:

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

2. a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment

  Familiarity information: REEXAMINATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REEXAMINATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

redirect examination; reexamination

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

examination; interrogation; interrogatory (formal systematic questioning)

Domain category:

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

follow-up; followup; reexamination; review

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

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

Derivation:

reexamine (look at again; examine again)