alimentary tract smear

alimentary tract smear
noun
any of several cytologic smears obtained from different parts of the alimentary tract; obtained by specialized lavage techniques and used mainly to diagnose cancer in those parts
Hypernyms: ↑smear, ↑cytologic smear, ↑cytosmear

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