alimentary tract smear

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alimentary tract smear - 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 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 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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