0 past simple and past participle of screen --
1 to test or examine someone or something to discover if there is anything wrong with him, her, or it: --
Completely unsuitable candidates were screened out (= tested and refused) at the first interview.
2 to show or broadcast a film or television programme: --
The programme was not screened on British television.
Shop assistants were sleeping in shops, their beds being screened off by temporary partitions.
Those interested were directed to call the study telephone number to be screened by study research assistants.
When the inner electron reaches its inner turning point, the outer electron experiences a net attractive force from the screened nuclear potential.
We screened the offspring of mutagenized mice for retinal defects and found a mutation that causes autosomal dominant photoreceptor degeneration.
Enrollment included patients who screened positive and a random sample of screened negative patients.
Moreover, patients' files were screened for possible diseases incompatible with a diagnosis of schizophrenia.
Therefore, people living in endemic areas should be screened for this clinically silent disease since early treatment may be beneficial.
Of these 19 successful individuals, 12 (63.15%) were from the screened group of nearnative speakers.
