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physical

/ˈfɪz.ɪ.kəl/ noun C2
  1. A physical examination. · How long has it been since your last physical?
  2. A physical manifestation of psychic origin, as through ectoplasmic solidification.

Plural physicals

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I say normal cases, because ill-health and physical weakness reproduce the signs of old age, even when the invalid is a youth.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 50 · B2
There was certainly no physical injury of any kind.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 23 · C1
Are we assured that the apprehension, from which this young man has no doubt suffered terribly since his exposure to its contagion, may not produce a physical effect which simulates that which it fears?
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 28 · B2
We have physical culture exercises every day, too.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 183 · C1

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