Definition of Prescreen

1. Verb. To screen in advance for potential problems ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Prescreen

1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Prescreen

prescience
presciences
prescient
prescientific
prescientifically
presciently
prescind
prescinded
prescinding
prescinds
prescious
prescore
prescored
prescores
prescoring
prescreen (current term)
prescreened
prescreening
prescreens
prescribe
prescribed
prescriber
prescribers
prescribes
prescribing
prescript
prescripted
prescriptibility
prescriptible
prescription

Literary usage of Prescreen

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"These studies suggest that in vitro cell transformation assays may have value, not only as a prescreen for potentially oncogenic chemicals, ..."

2. Drug Identification and Testing in the Juvenile Justice System by Anne H. Crowe (1998)
"Reducing the number of youth to be drug tested by using assessments and drug recognition techniques to prescreen them. * Using random rather than scheduled ..."

3. Guide for Conducting Treatability Studies Under CERCLA: Biodegradation by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"Subsection 2.2 discusses available literature, databases, and technical assistance, and reviews field data necessary to prescreen these technologies. ..."

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