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screening
noun
Definition
A medical examination carried out on a large group of people to detect a particular disease.
In a sentence
“Breast cancer screening programmes have contributed to a reduction in mortality rates.”
Synonyms
testingexaminationhealth check
Common collocations
- cancer screening
- screening programme
- newborn screening
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