smear test

smear test
noun
a method of examining stained cells in a cervical smear for early diagnosis of uterine cancer
• Syn: ↑Pap test, ↑Papanicolaou test
• Hypernyms: ↑diagnostic test, ↑diagnostic assay
• Part Meronyms: ↑cervical smear, ↑Pap smear, ↑Papanicolaou smear

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smear test noun
A test involving the microscopic study of a smear, as for example a cervical smear (qv under ↑cervix)
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Main Entry: ↑smear

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smear test UK US noun [countable] [singular smear test plural smear tests] medical british
a medical test in which a doctor takes cells from the entrance to a woman’s womb (=the part of her body where a baby grows) to check for cancer. A smear test is often simply called a smear and doctors usually call it a cervical smear .
Thesaurus: medical tests and examinationshyponym

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smear test,
= Pap test. (Cf. ↑Pap test)

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noun, pl ⋯ tests [count]
Brit medical :

pap smear

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ˈsmear test [smear test] (also smear, ˌcervical ˈsmear) (all BrE) (NAmE ˈPap smear) noun
a medical test in which a very small amount of ↑tissue from a woman's ↑cervix is removed and examined for cancer cells
See also: ↑Pap smear ▪ ↑cervical smear ▪ ↑smear

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