What is the meaning of follow-up?

noun

  • A piece of work that exploits or builds on earlier work.
    • usage: "his new software is a follow-up to the programs they started with"
  • An activity that continues something that has already begun or that repeats something that has already been done.
  • A subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment.
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