Pap smear

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Noun

Pap smear (plural Pap smears)

1. (chiefly, gynaecology) A screening test meant to detect pre-cancerous and cancerous cells by taking a sample (‘smear’) of cells from the cervix.

Synonyms

• cervical smear
• Pap test
• smear test

Translations

• French: frottis
• German: Pap-Abstrich
• Italian: striscio
• Russian: мазо́к Папаникола́у
• Spanish: prueba de Papanicolau, papanicolau, frotis vaginal

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