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Definition of Screening

1. Noun. The display of a motion picture.

2. Noun. Fabric of metal or plastic mesh.

3. Noun. The act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it. "The cover concealed their guns from enemy aircraft"

4. Noun. Testing objects or persons in order to identify those with particular characteristics.

Definition of Screening

1. Noun. Mesh material that is used to screen (as in a "screen door"). ¹

2. Noun. The process of checking or filtering. ¹

3. Noun. The showing of a film ¹

4. Noun. The examination and treatment of a material to detect and remove unwanted fractions ¹

5. Noun. (in the plural) Material removed by such a process; refuse left after screening sand, coal, ashes, etc. ¹

6. Noun. (soccer) shielding ¹

7. Verb. (present participle of screen) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Screening

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Screening

1. Examination of people with no symptoms, to detect unsuspected disease. (16 Dec 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Screening

screencasts screendoor screendoors screened screened cable screenee screenees screener screeners screenful

screenfuls screengrab screengrabs screenie screenies screening (current term) screening audiometry screening length screening room screening smoke

screening test screenings screenland screenlands screenless screenlike screenname screennames screenplay screenplays

Literary usage of Screening

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

1. Health Care Technology And Its Assessment In Eight Countries edited by H. David Banta (1995)
"screening FOR BREAST CANCER Breast cancer screening is one of the few clinical preventive services for adults that the federal government has encouraged ..."

2. Guide for Conducting Treatability Studies Under CERCLA: Biodegradation by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"3.3.1 Remedy screening Remedy screening is the first level of testing. ... Remedy screening studies yield data indicating a technology's potential to meet ..."

3. The Women's Health and Aging Study: Health and Social Characteristics of edited by Jack M. Guralnik, Linda P. Fried, Eleanor M. Simonsick, Judith D. Kasper, Mary E. Lafferty (1996)
"The objective of the screening was to identify and recruit the one-third most disabled women living in the community. A 20 to 30 minute home interview using ..."

4. Assessment and Treatment of Patients With Coexisting Mental Illness and by Richard Ries (1996)
"screening, Assessment, And Referral Problems The screening process amplifies ... Staff in single-focus screening services are not trained to assess patients ..."

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