CYTOLOGIC SMEAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cytologic smear mean? 

• CYTOLOGIC SMEAR (noun)
  The noun CYTOLOGIC SMEAR has 1 sense:

1. a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CYTOLOGIC SMEAR (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

cytologic smear; cytosmear; smear

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)