genetic screening

noun
1.
assessment of an individual's genetic makeup to detect inheritable defects that may be transmitted to offspring.
2.
evaluation of a person's genetic makeup in an attempt to predict genetic predisposition to certain illnesses associated with a workplace environment.

Origin:
1970–75

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genetic screening

noun
analyzing a group of people to determine genetic susceptibility to a particular disease; "genetic screening of infants for phenylketonuria" 
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Genetic screening is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
Example sentences
Strict criteria, including genetic screening and regulations should be applied
  if criteria are met.
Advances in genetic screening are opening a new window on the genetic fate of
  the unborn.
So was freezing an embryo for later implantation or undertaking genetic
  screening on the embryo.
The unintended consequences of genetic screening for disease.
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