screen something off

Examples of screened

screened

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

An affected infant might collapse after either a positive or a false-negative screening test, if they were not screened.
A second strategy involves an idealized screening program such that, for all of those in the screened population, diagnosis occurs at the onset of disease.
About 8,500 women were screened in the period from 1993-98, but no published data yet exist.
The number of trisomy 21 pregnancies detected is (the number of affected pregnancies screened) x (detection rate).
In total, 33,353 women were screened and the overall detection rate was 3.3 per 1,000.
Slides were screened for metaphase identification and chromosome analysis (chromosome count).
Interacting proteins were screened followed by the isolation of plasmid and were sequenced to identify the gene.
Of these 19 successful individuals, 12 (63.15%) were from the screened group of nearnative speakers.
Therefore, people living in endemic areas should be screened for this clinically silent disease since early treatment may be beneficial.
Moreover, patients' files were screened for possible diseases incompatible with a diagnosis of schizophrenia.
Enrollment included patients who screened positive and a random sample of screened negative patients.
We screened the offspring of mutagenized mice for retinal defects and found a mutation that causes autosomal dominant photoreceptor degeneration.
When the inner electron reaches its inner turning point, the outer electron experiences a net attractive force from the screened nuclear potential.
Those interested were directed to call the study telephone number to be screened by study research assistants.
Shop assistants were sleeping in shops, their beds being screened off by temporary partitions.
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