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Noun: faecal occult test
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: fecal 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
    - fecal occult test [N. Amer], stool test

Derived forms: faecal occult tests

Type of: diagnostic assay, diagnostic test