01 n. the process of testing samples of mixtures which are active in a screening process, so as to recognize and eliminate from consideration tho…
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the process of testing samples of mixtures which are active in a screening process, so as to recognize and eliminate from consideration those active substances already studied; -- a stage subsequent to the preliminary screening in the process of discovery of new pharmacologically active substances in mixtures of natural products; -- also called counterscreening. See screening.(Biochem.) Also: counterscreening See: screening