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FOLLOW-UP
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment
Synonyms:
follow-up; followup; reexamination; review
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("follow-up" is a kind of...):
examination; scrutiny (the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes))
Derivation:
follow up (increase the effectiveness or success of by further action)
follow up (pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An activity that continues something that has already begun or that repeats something that has already been done
Synonyms:
follow-up; followup
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("follow-up" is a kind of...):
activity (any specific behavior)
Derivation:
follow up (increase the effectiveness or success of by further action)
follow up (pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A piece of work that exploits or builds on earlier work
Example:
his new software is a follow-up to the programs they started with
Synonyms:
follow-up; followup
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("follow-up" is a kind of...):
piece of work; work (a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing)
Derivation:
follow up (increase the effectiveness or success of by further action)
follow up (pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue)
Context examples:
During follow-up 2,193 first cases of cancer were diagnosed and validated (693 breast cancers, 291 prostate cancers, and 166 colorectal cancers).
(Possible link found between sugary drinks, cancer, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Hospital and death records were then used to identify stroke events over an average follow-up of seven years.
(A healthy lifestyle cuts stroke risk, irrespective of genetic risk, University of Cambridge)
Researchers from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) who conducted the study recommend follow-up investigations to further evaluate the device.
(Better IV Insertion Device, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Over the 2- to 3-year follow-up, control group members gained an average of half a pound.
(Strategies successfully reduce weight gain in young adults, NIH)
Researchers caution that the moon hypothesis is tentative and must be confirmed by follow-up Hubble observations.
(Astronomers Find First Evidence of Possible Moon Outside Our Solar System, NASA)
With extended follow-up observations, we’ll soon be able to determine the make-up of these worlds, establish if atmospheres are present and what gases they contain, and more.
(NASA’s TESS Mission Scores ‘Hat Trick’ With 3 New Worlds, NASA)
Treatment often includes laser treatment or surgery, with follow-up care.
(Diabetic Eye Problems, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
These follow-up observations confirmed the presence of hydrogen, oxygen and sulphur associated with the white dwarf.
(First Giant Planet around White Dwarf Found, ESO)
The found that 257 participants (30%) participants were in remission at five-year follow-up.
(Type 2 diabetes remission possible with ‘achievable’ weight loss, University of Cambridge)
The use of identified data and samples allows for clinical monitoring, subject follow-up and the addition of new data.
(Identified Genomic Data and Samples, NCI Thesaurus)
