PAPANICOLAOU TEST

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Meaning:

A method of examining stained cells in a cervical smear for early diagnosis of uterine cancer

Synonyms:

Pap test; Papanicolaou test; smear test

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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Papanicolaou test" is a kind of...):

diagnostic assay; diagnostic test (an assay conducted for diagnostic purposes)

Meronyms (parts of "Papanicolaou test"):

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)

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