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GENETIC SCREENING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genetic screening mean?
• GENETIC SCREENING (noun)
The noun GENETIC SCREENING has 1 sense:
1. analyzing a group of people to determine genetic susceptibility to a particular disease
Familiarity information: GENETIC SCREENING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Analyzing a group of people to determine genetic susceptibility to a particular disease
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
genetic screening of infants for phenylketonuria
Hypernyms ("genetic screening" is a kind of...):
screening (testing objects or persons in order to identify those with particular characteristics)
Context examples
During the study, genetic screening revealed the identity of pals-22, a gene used by roundworms to regulate IPR pathway gene expression.
(New Pathway for Handling Stress Discovered, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
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