I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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faecal
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In a recent study colonoscopy was performed on 210 asymptomatic subjects aged 50-75 years with negative faecal occult bloods.
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This may explain the predominance of rectosigmoid cancers detected by faecal occult blood testing.
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Whether this approach offers advantages over faecal occult blood testing remains to be established.
■ NOUN
blood
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These subjects had an examination for evaluation of occult blood , positive stools or for screening for colon cancer, or both.
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Faecal occult blood studies have also uncovered previously unrecognised cases of ulcerative colitis.
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Faecal occult blood testing was not done.
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In a recent study colonoscopy was performed on 210 asymptomatic subjects aged 50-75 years with negative faecal occult bloods .
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This may explain the predominance of rectosigmoid cancers detected by faecal occult blood testing.
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Whether this approach offers advantages over faecal occult blood testing remains to be established.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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It was not associated with the occult until the eighteenth century at the earliest.
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Though once cloaked in the trappings of the occult , conversations with local psychics suggest a slightly more psychotherapeutic approach.
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Throughout his life he maintained an interest in the occult .
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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
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occult beliefs
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Behavioral technology does not escape as easily as physical and biological technology because it threatens too many occult qualities.
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That they may also be interested in pursuing their aims by occult means should afford no surprise.