Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Reexamination \Re`["e]x*am`i*na"tion\ (-?*n?"sh?n), n.
A repeated examination. See under {Examination}.
Examination \Ex*am`i*na"tion\, n. [L. examinatio: cf. F.
examination.]
1. The act of examining, or state of being examined; a
careful search, investigation, or inquiry; scrutiny by
study or experiment.
2. A process prescribed or assigned for testing
qualification; as, the examination of a student, or of a
candidate for admission to the bar or the ministry.
He neglected the studies, . . . stood low at the
examinations. --Macaulay.
{Examination in chief}, or {Direct examination} (Law), that
examination which is made of a witness by a party calling
him.
{Cross-examination}, that made by the opposite party.
{Re["e]xamination}, or {Re-direct examination}, that made by
a party calling a witness, after, and upon matters arising
out of, the cross-examination.
Syn: Search; inquiry; investigation; research; scrutiny;
inquisition; inspection; exploration.
Source : WordNet®
reexamination
n 1: (law) questioning of a witness by the party that called the
witness after that witness has been subject to
cross-examination [syn: {redirect examination}]
2: a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of
monitoring earlier treatment [syn: {follow-up}, {followup},
{review}]