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ALIMENTARY TRACT SMEAR

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("alimentary tract 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)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "alimentary tract smear"):

esophageal smear (alimentary tract smear of material obtained from the esophagus)

gastric smear (alimentary tract smear of material obtained from the stomach)

oral smear (alimentary tract smear of material obtained from the mouth)

duodenal smear; paraduodenal smear (alimentary tract smear of material obtained from the duodenum)

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