Work-up Definition

wʉrkup
workup
noun
A complete medical study of a patient, including a thorough examination, laboratory tests, a survey of the patient's case history, etc.
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An unwanted mark on a printed page caused by the rising of spacing material.
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(medicine) A general medical examination to assess a person health and fitness.

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(chemistry) All the additional procedures / reactions carried out after the main chemical reaction to obtain the desired product.
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verb

To raise; to excite; to stir up.

He worked up the public's passions to rage.
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To develop.

I shall have worked up an appetite with all this heavy work.
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Work-up Sentence Examples

  • Yeah, but will it work up there?

  • The best way to beat the cold was to work up some heat.

  • We were then sent to the guidance office so they could work up a schedule for me.

  • But it is difficult and expensive to work up into various forms. Concrete has been avoided for making beams, slabs and thin walls, just because its deficiency in tensile strength doomed it to failure in such structures.

  • Angry at him again, she realized she'd been trying to work up the courage to break up with him for weeks.

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Words Starting With

WWOWOR

Words Ending With

PUP

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Words Starting With W and Ending With P

Starts With W & Ends With PStarts With WO & Ends With PStarts With W & Ends With UP

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With W7 Letter Words Ending With P