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CERVICAL SMEAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cervical smear mean? 

CERVICAL SMEAR (noun)
  The noun CERVICAL SMEAR has 1 sense:

1. a sample of secretions and superficial cells of the uterine cervix and uterus; examined with a microscope to detect any abnormal cellsplay

  Familiarity information: CERVICAL SMEAR used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CERVICAL SMEAR (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A sample of secretions and superficial cells of the uterine cervix and uterus; examined with a microscope to detect any abnormal cells

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

cervical smear; Pap smear; Papanicolaou smear

Hypernyms ("cervical smear" is a kind of...):

cytologic smear; cytosmear; smear (a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope)

Holonyms ("cervical smear" is a part of...):

Pap test; Papanicolaou test; smear test (a method of examining stained cells in a cervical smear for early diagnosis of uterine cancer)


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