screen
(skrēn)
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[Fr. escren]
1. To determine the presence of a disease or its characteristics in a broad community or a selected group.
2. A structure or substance used to protect, guard, or shield from a damaging influence such as x-rays, ultraviolet light, or insects.
3. A system used to select or reject personnel.
4. In psychiatry, the blocking of one memory with another.
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Screen." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/738595/all/screen.
Screen. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/738595/all/screen. Accessed November 2, 2024.
Screen. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/738595/all/screen
Screen [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 November 02]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/738595/all/screen.
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