1. (

• follow-up ,
• followup

) a piece of work that exploits or builds on earlier work; "his new software is a follow-up to the programs they started with" ;

2. (

• follow-up ,
• followup ,

) an activity that continues something that has already begun or that repeats something that has already been done ;

3. (

• follow-up ,
• followup ,
• reexamination ,
• review

) a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment ;