follow-up (n.)

  1. a piece of work that exploits or builds on earlier work; his new software is a follow-up to the programs they started with

    [ Syn: followup ]

  2. an activity that continues something that has already begun or that repeats something that has already been done

    [ Syn: followup ]

  3. a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment

    [ Syn: followup , reexamination , review ]

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