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fol⋅low-up

  [fol-oh-uhp]
–noun
1. the act of following up.
2. an action or thing that serves to increase the effectiveness of a previous one, as a second or subsequent letter, phone call, or visit.
3. Also called follow. Journalism.
a. a news story providing additional information on a story or article previously published.
b. Also called sidebar, supplementary story. a minor news story used to supplement a related story of major importance. Compare feature story (def. 1), human-interest story, shirttail.
–adjective
4. designed or serving to follow up, esp. to increase the effectiveness of a previous action: a follow-up interview; a follow-up offer.
5. of or pertaining to action that follows an initial treatment, course of study, etc.: follow-up care for mental patients; a follow-up survey.
Origin:
1920–25; n., adj. use of v. phrase follow up
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2follow–up
Function: noun
: maintenance of contact with or reexamination of a person (as a patient) at usually prescribed intervals followingdiagnosis or treatment; also : a patient with whom such contact is maintained
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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