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Definition of Followup

1. Noun. A piece of work that exploits or builds on earlier work. "His new software is a follow-up to the programs they started with"

2. Noun. An activity that continues something that has already begun or that repeats something that has already been done.

3. Noun. A subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment.

Definition of Followup

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of follow-up) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Followup

1. a news article that adds information to a previous article [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Followup

followership followerships followeth following following(a) following bougie following on following up followingly followings

follows follows on follows up followthrough followthroughs followup (current term) followups folly follying folwe

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Literary usage of Followup

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Costs And Effectiveness Of Prostate Cancer Screening In Elderly Menby DIANE Publishing Company by DIANE Publishing Company (2004)
"followup TESTING Increasingly. followup strategies for a suspicious DRE or PSA ... others perform followup PSA 10 As mentioned in chapter 2. the FDA has ..."

2. Protecting Children in Substance-Abusing Families by Vickie Kropenske, Judy Howard (1995)
"Post discharge, in-home followup should occur within the first week after discharge, with followup visits scheduled according to family needs. ..."

3. Treatment of Drug Dependent Individuals with Comorbid Mental Disorders edited by Lisa S. Onken, Jack D. Blaine, Sander Genser, Arthur M. Horton (1998)
"the presence of additional diagnoses at pretreatment on short-term outcome (ie, posttreatment and 3-month followup). The effect of having at least one ..."

4. Mental Health, United States, 1998 edited by Ronald W Manderscheid, Marilyn J Henderson (1999)
"Treatment Changes Comparison of baseline and followup responses to questions about various types of services provided a glimpse of continuity of care over ..."

5. Evaluation of Glove Bag Containment in Asbestos Removal by Bruce A. Hollett, Phillip A. Froelich, Paul E. Caplan, Thomas C. Cooper, Stanley A. Shulman (1990)
"the presence of additional diagnoses at pretreatment on short-term outcome (ie, posttreatment and 3-month followup). The effect of having at least one ..."

6. Treatment Of Pressure Ulcers: Clinical Practice Guideline by Nancy Bergstrom (1997)
"followup Activities Recommendations for followup activities should focus on expanded programs of research in this area. Monitoring the incidence and ..."

7. Conflict Resolution Education: A Guide to Implementing Programs in Schools ...by Donna Crawford by Donna Crawford (1997)
"ESR helps create peaceable classrooms in schools by providing onsite professional development training with followup support for the schools. ..."

8. Health Consequences of Smoking: Nicotine Addiction a Report of the Surgeon by C. Everett Koop, M.D., DIANE Publishing Company (1988)
"followup may also prove to be important for a good outcome. Fagerström (1984) assigned subjects to either short or long followup and to either nicotine ..."

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