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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.

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• GENETIC SCREENING (noun)

Sense 1

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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)

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