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SURVEILLANCE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Close observation of a person or group (usually by the police)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("surveillance" is a kind of...):

police investigation; police work (the investigation of criminal activities)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "surveillance"):

electronic surveillance (surveillance by electronic means (e.g. television))

vigil; watch (a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe)

stakeout (surveillance of some place or some person by the police (as in anticipation of a crime))

surveillance of disease (the ongoing systematic collection and analysis of data about an infectious disease that can lead to action being taken to control or prevent the disease)

Credits

 Context examples: 

A division within the National Cancer Institute that coordinates the scientific review of extramural research for consideration of funding, and provides systematic surveillance after awards are made.

(Division of Extramural Activities, NCI Thesaurus)

As well as helping to destroy cancer, the approach could also offer patients "long-term protection by instating cancer specific immune surveillance", the scientists wrote.

(Molecule in Immune System Able to Trigger 'Suicide' of Cancerous Tumors, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Scientists made the migration shift discovery thanks to information aggregated from two sources: remote-sensing data from weather surveillance radar and ground-based data collected in citizen science databases.

(Seasonality of bird migration responds to environmental cues, NSF)

Among 107 patients who achieved complete remission, those who developed detectable ctDNA during surveillance were over 200 times more likely to have disease progression than those who had no detectable ctDNA.

(Tumor DNA in Blood Reveals Lymphoma Progression, NIH)

Its overexpression may play an important role in evasion of immune surveillance.

(Anti-CD70 Monoclonal Antibody ARGX-110, NCI Thesaurus)

This study highlights the need for continued “genomic surveillance” to track and try to slow the evolution of this virus as the outbreak continues.

(Genetics of the 2014 Ebola Outbreak, NIH)

The resource provides direction on appropriate techniques, strains or animal models to use in research protocols, maintains a pathogen-free environment, health surveillance, quarantine, full-panel testing and genetic monitoring for experimental animals.

(Laboratory Animal Shared Resource, NCI Thesaurus)

It mediates adhesive interactions important for antigen-specific immune response, NK-cell mediated clearance, lymphocyte recirculation, and other cellular interactions important for immune response and surveillance.

(Intercellular Adhesion Molecule 2, NCI Thesaurus)

A designated person who is trained and responsible for coordinating adverse event review, tracking, surveillance and reporting activities within a clinical institution or clinical trial.

(Adverse Event Coordinator, NCI Thesaurus)

It will also support airspace surveillance over the borders with Bolivia and Paraguay.

(First Brazilian satellite starts operations, Agência Brasil)