See Also: follow(dictionary)
follow-through(dictionary)
follow-on(dictionary)
follow-up(dictionary)
follow-through(dictionary)
follow-on(dictionary)
follow(2)(dictionary)
follow(1)(dictionary)
Follow Up On(money)
Follow(medicine)

follow-up (iou)



follow-up noun & adjective. E20.
[from follow up s.v. FOLLOW verb.]
A. noun. The action or an act of following up; a continuation or repetition of an initial action; esp. (a) a second advertisement, letter, etc., referring to an earlier one; (b) Medicine a renewal or continuation of contact with, or a re-examination of, a patient at an interval or intervals after treatment. E20.
Listener There was no evidence..that the whole operation was planned..as a follow-up to the occupation of Southern Thule. O. Sacks His wife became virtually exempt from migraine and in a six-month follow-up had suffered only two attacks.
b. attrib. or as adjective. That follows up; of or pertaining to (a) renewed or repeated action. E20.