SCREENING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does screening mean? 

• SCREENING (noun)
  The noun SCREENING has 4 senses:

1. the display of a motion picture

2. fabric of metal or plastic mesh

3. the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it

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

  Familiarity information: SCREENING used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCREENING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The display of a motion picture

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

screening; showing; viewing

Hypernyms ("screening" is a kind of...):

display (exhibiting openly in public view)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "screening"):

preview (a screening for a select audience in advance of release for the general public)

Derivation:

screen (project onto a screen for viewing)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Fabric of metal or plastic mesh

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("screening" is a kind of...):

cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)

Holonyms ("screening" is a substance of...):

screen (a protective covering consisting of netting; can be mounted in a frame)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

cover; covering; masking; screening

Context example:

the cover concealed their guns from enemy aircraft

Hypernyms ("screening" is a kind of...):

concealing; concealment; hiding (the activity of keeping something secret)

Derivation:

screen (protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm)

Sense 4

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("screening" is a kind of...):

testing (an examination of the characteristics of something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "screening"):

genetic screening (analyzing a group of people to determine genetic susceptibility to a particular disease)

Derivation:

screen (examine methodically)

screen (examine in order to test suitability)

 Context examples 

It is used as a screening test and to monitor heparin therapy.

(Partial Thromboplastin Time, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

They could also serve as a useful screening tool for diabetes drugs.

(Developing Insulin-Producing Cells to Treat Diabetes, NIH)

It's important to get the screening tests you need.

(Men's Health, NIH)

The condition can be detected through newborn screening.

(Elevated hormone flags liver problems in mice with methylmalonic acidemia, National Institutes of Health)

Abnormal polyps can take 10 to 15 years to develop into colon cancer, and some adenomas found with screening may never become cancerous or prove fatal.

(Eating Yogurt May Lower Risk of Colon Cancer in Men, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A lung cancer screening trial sponsored by the National Cancer Institute (NCI).

(National Lung Screening Trial, NCI Dictionary)

Your newborn infant has screening tests before leaving the hospital.

(Newborn Screening, NIH: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)

A single-item question screening tool developed by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Distress Management Panel used to identify patient distress coming from any source.

(NCCN Guidelines Distress Management Distress Thermometer Screening Tool Version 1.2011, NCI Thesaurus)

A screening tool developed by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Distress Management Panel used to identify patient problems in five categories.

(NCCN Guidelines Distress Management Problem List Screening Tool Version 1.2011, NCI Thesaurus)

As the name implies, they are often too small to be detected with standard screening.

(Tell-tale biomarker detects early breast cancer, NIH)