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Pap test
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Pap test, smear [pæp]
n Med
1. (Medicine / Gynaecology & Obstetrics) another name for cervical smear
2. (Medicine) a similar test for precancerous cells in other organs Also called Papanicolaou smear
[named after George Papanicolaou (1883-1962), US anatomist, who devised it]
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Noun1.Pap test - a method of examining stained cells in a cervical smear for early diagnosis of uterine cancer
Papanicolaou test, smear 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
diagnostic assay, diagnostic test - an assay conducted for diagnostic purposes
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Pap test [ˈpæpˌtɛst] Pap smear n (Med) → pap-test m inv
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About 55 million Pap tests are performed yearly in the United States, with about 3.
Better testing tied to cervical cancer decline by Currie, Donya / The Nation's Health
My friend has been in a monogamous relationship for over 30 years and has had at least 20 normal Pap tests since she was 20.
Preventing cervical cancer: pap tests, HPV vaccines & common sense by Fugh-Berman, Adriane; Massion, Charlea T. / Women's Health Activist
Both compared conventional Pap tests to DNA testing for human papillomavirus (HPV).
DNA test could predict cervical cancer by McBride, Deborah / ONS Connect
 
 
 
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