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OCCULT BLOOD

Specialty Definition: OCCULT BLOOD

DomainDefinition

Health

Chemical, spectroscopic, or microscopic detection of extremely small amounts of blood. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: OCCULT BLOOD

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Fortunately, simple tests can detect occult blood in the stool. (references)

The fecal occult blood test checks for small amounts of blood in the stool. (references)

A procedure called a fecal occult blood test (FOBT) detects invisible amounts of blood in the feces, a possible sign of several disorders, including colon cancer. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Expression: OCCULT BLOOD

Expression using "OCCULT BLOOD": Fecal Occult Blood Test. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: OCCULT BLOOD

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

occult blood

17

fecal occult blood test

16

fecal occult blood

11
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: OCCULT BLOOD

Language Translations for "OCCULT BLOOD"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

okkult blod. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

occulte bloeding (occult bleeding), haemorrhagia occulta (occult bleeding). (various references)

   

French

  

sang occulte, hémorragie occulte (occult bleeding). (various references)

   

German

  

okkultes Blut. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

μικροσκοπική αιμορραγία. (various references)

   

Italian

  

ricerca del sangue occulto nelle feci (faecal occult blood test). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

occultay oodblay

   

Portuguese

  

hemorragia oculta (occult bleeding). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

hemorragia oculta (occult bleeding). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: OCCULT BLOOD

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-c-c-d-l-l-o-o-o-t-u"

-5 letters: occult, toluol.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: OCCULT BLOOD


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4F 43 43 55 4C 54      42 4C 4F 4F 44

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001111 01000011 01000011 01010101 01001100 01010100 00100000 01000010 01001100 01001111 01001111 01000100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#79 &#67 &#67 &#85 &#76 &#84 &#32 &#66 &#76 &#79 &#79 &#68

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004F 0043 0043 0055 004C 0054      0042 004C 004F 004F 0044

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

49373755465423646494938

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INDEX

1. Quotations: Non-fiction
2. Expressions
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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