occult : Idioms & Phrases
faecal occult test
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noun 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
faecal occult test; stool test.
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fecal occult test
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noun 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
faecal occult test; stool test.
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occult arts
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noun supernatural practices and techniques
occult.
- he is a student of the occult
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Occult line
(Geom.) , a line drawn as a part of the construction of a figure or problem, but not to appear in the finished plan.
Webster 1913
Occult qualities
- those qualities whose effects only were observed, but the nature and relations of whose productive agencies were undetermined; so called by the schoolmen.
Webster 1913
Occult sciences
- those sciences of the Middle Ages which related to the supposed action or influence of occult qualities, or supernatural powers, as alchemy, magic, necromancy, and astrology.
