Action de dépister (les maladies).
ETYM Latin detectio an uncovering, revealing.
1. The act of detecting something; catching sight of something; SYN. catching, espial, spying, spotting.
2. The investigation of criminal activities to determine the perpetrator; SYN. detecting, detective work, police investigation, sleuthing.
3. The perception that something has occurred or some state exists; SYN. sensing.
Or health screening; The systematic search for evidence of a disease, or of conditions that may precede it, in people who are at risk but not suffering from any symptoms. The aim of screening is to try to limit ill health from preventable diseases that might otherwise go undetected in the early stages. Examples are hypothyroidism and phenylketonuria, for which all newborn babies in Western countries are screened; breast cancer (mammography) and cervical cancer; and stroke, for which high blood pressure is a known risk factor.
The criteria for a successful screening program are that the disease should be important and treatable, the population at risk identifiable, the screening test acceptable, accurate, and cheap, and that the results of screening should justify the costs involved.
1. Metal or plastic mesh fabric.
2. The display of motion picture; SYN. showing, viewing.