OCCULT


Meaning of OCCULT in English

I. noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

faecal

In a recent study colonoscopy was performed on 210 asymptomatic subjects aged 50-75 years with negative faecal occult bloods.

This may explain the predominance of rectosigmoid cancers detected by faecal occult blood testing.

Whether this approach offers advantages over faecal occult blood testing remains to be established.

■ NOUN

blood

These subjects had an examination for evaluation of occult blood , positive stools or for screening for colon cancer, or both.

Faecal occult blood studies have also uncovered previously unrecognised cases of ulcerative colitis.

Faecal occult blood testing was not done.

In a recent study colonoscopy was performed on 210 asymptomatic subjects aged 50-75 years with negative faecal occult bloods .

This may explain the predominance of rectosigmoid cancers detected by faecal occult blood testing.

Whether this approach offers advantages over faecal occult blood testing remains to be established.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

It was not associated with the occult until the eighteenth century at the earliest.

Though once cloaked in the trappings of the occult , conversations with local psychics suggest a slightly more psychotherapeutic approach.

Throughout his life he maintained an interest in the occult .

Whereas practitioners of the occult would explain everything by magic, modern science has recognized the limitations of its knowledge.

II. adjective

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

occult beliefs

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Behavioral technology does not escape as easily as physical and biological technology because it threatens too many occult qualities.

That they may also be interested in pursuing their aims by occult means should afford no surprise.

Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary.      Дополнительный английский словарь Longman DOCE5.