clinical examination

clinical examination
The acts of a physician in examining a patient for objective symptoms, interviewing the patient to obtain at least a partial history of the case, and supplementing the history thus obtained from other possible sources. Peterson v Widule, 157 Wis 641, 147 NW 966.

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