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Blood Smear
Definition 1
A sample of blood applied in a thin film to a microscope slide for study under a microscope. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
A procedure in which a sample of blood is viewed under a microscope to count different circulating blood cells (red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, etc.) and see whether the cells look normal. (NCI Dictionary)
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