- Papanicolaou test
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/pah'peuh nee'keuh low", pap'euh nik"euh low'/.See Pap test.
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Papanicolaou test — n PAP SMEAR * * * (Pap test) see cervical smear G. N. Papanicolaou (1883 1962), Greek physician, anatomist, and cytologist … Medical dictionary
Papanicolaou test — noun a method of examining stained cells in a cervical smear for early diagnosis of uterine cancer • Syn: ↑Pap test, ↑smear test • Hypernyms: ↑diagnostic test, ↑diagnostic assay • Part Meronyms: ↑cervical smear, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Papanicolaou test — Pap test see cervical screening [G. N. Papanicolaou (1883–1962), Greek physician, anatomist, and cytologist] … The new mediacal dictionary
Papanicolaou test — Pa•pa•ni•co•laou′ test [[t]ˌpɑ pəˌni kəˈlaʊ, ˌpæp əˈnɪk əˌlaʊ[/t]] n. med Pap test … From formal English to slang
Papanicolaou test — noun Date: 1946 Pap smear … New Collegiate Dictionary
Papanicolaou stain — a method of staining smears of secretions from the respiratory, digestive, or genitourinary tract for examination of exfoliated cells, to detect the presence of a malignant process; used in the Papanicolaou test (see under test). Papanicolaou… … Medical dictionary
Papanicolaou smear — noun a sample of secretions and superficial cells of the uterine cervix and uterus; examined with a microscope to detect any abnormal cells • Syn: ↑cervical smear, ↑Pap smear • Hypernyms: ↑smear, ↑cytologic smear, ↑cytosmear • Part Holonyms … Useful english dictionary
Papanicolaou — Papanicolaou, oft auch Papanikolaou steht für: Pap Test, eine Methode zur Früherkennung des Gebärmutterhalskrebses Papanicolaou Färbung, eine zytodiagnostische Spezialfärbung von Zellausstrichen zur Erkennung von Krebszellen Außerdem ist… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Papanicolaou stain — showing a low grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (LSIL). Pap test. Papanicolaou stain (also Papanicolaou s stain and Pap stain) is a multichromatic staining histological technique developed by George Papanikolaou, the father of cytopathology.… … Wikipedia
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