# workup

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #66,412

## Definitions
1. A general medical examination to assess a person's health and fitness.
2. All the additional procedures and reactions carried out after the main chemical reaction to obtain the desired product.
3. A period of training or preparation, typically for a specific operation.
4. Synonym of scrub baseball.
5. An unfinished or unfinalized version; a draft, prototype.

## Etymology
Deverbal from work up.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/workup