noun
clinical examination
Medical term for a doctor's examination of a patient, typically involving questioning and physical assessment.
医師は患者に臨床尋問を行った。
The doctor performed a clinical examination on the patient.
診察 is the common general term for a medical examination, while 臨床尋問 is a more formal, clinical term often used in medical contexts.
Compound of 臨床 (clinical) and 尋問 (questioning, examination). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with medical examination.