- vaginal smear
- vaginal smear n a smear taken from the vaginal mucosa for cytological diagnosis
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vaginal smear — noun smear taken from the vaginal mucosa for cytological analysis • Hypernyms: ↑smear, ↑cytologic smear, ↑cytosmear * * * noun : a smear taken from the vaginal mucosa for cytologic diagnosis … Useful english dictionary
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Smear, Pap — A screening test for cervical cancer based on the examination under the microscope of cells collected from the cervix, smeared on a slide and specially stained to reveal premalignant (before cancer) and malignant (cancer) changes as well as… … Medical dictionary
Papanicolaou smear — Pa·pa·ni·co·laou smear .päp ə nē kə .lau̇ , .pap ə nik ə n PAP SMEAR Papanicolaou George Nicholas (1883 1962) American anatomist and cytologist. Papanicolaou devoted his medical research almost entirely to the physiology of reproduction and… … Medical dictionary
cytologic smear — noun a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope • Syn: ↑smear, ↑cytosmear • Hypernyms: ↑cytologic specimen • Hyponyms: ↑alimentary tract smear, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
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