followup

n. response, topic in a discussion group which refers to the previous topic; maintaining contact so as to monitor the effects of earlier activities or treatments, work that comes after previous work

Noun
1. a piece of work that exploits or builds on earlier work; "his new software is a follow-up to the programs they started with"
(synonym) follow-up
(hypernym) work, piece of work
(derivation) follow through, follow up, follow out, carry out, implement, put through, go through
2. an activity that continues something that has already begun or that repeats something that has already been done
(synonym) follow-up
(hypernym) activity
(derivation) follow through, follow up, follow out, carry out, implement, put through, go through
3. a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment
(synonym) follow-up, reexamination, review
(hypernym) examination, scrutiny
(derivation) follow through, follow up, follow out, carry out, implement, put through, go through

n. followup, response, topic in a discussion group which refers to the previous topic

On Usenet, a posting generated in response to another posting (as opposed to a reply, which goes by e-mail rather than being broadcast). Followups include the ID of the parent message in their headers; smart news-readers can use this information to present Usenet news in "conversation" sequence rather than order-of-arrival. See thread.
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