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Noun: fecal occult test
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: faecal occult test)
  1. A test performed at home in which you collect specimens of your stool that are tested for traces of blood; used to detect colorectal cancers
    "The doctor recommended an annual fecal occult test for patients over 50";
    - faecal occult test [Brit, Cdn], stool test

Derived forms: fecal occult tests

Type of: diagnostic assay, diagnostic test