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CYTOLOGIC SMEAR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope
Synonyms:
cytologic smear; cytosmear; smear
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("cytologic smear" is a kind of...):
cytologic specimen (a specimen used for cytologic examination and diagnosis)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cytologic smear"):
alimentary tract smear (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)
cervical smear; Pap smear; Papanicolaou smear (a sample of secretions and superficial cells of the uterine cervix and uterus; examined with a microscope to detect any abnormal cells)
bronchoscopic smear; lower respiratory tract smear; sputum smear (any of several cytologic smears obtained from different parts of the lower respiratory tract; used for cytologic study of cancer and other diseases of the lungs)
vaginal smear (smear taken from the vaginal mucosa for cytological analysis)
