smear
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6.4
- noun
- /smɪr/
- Specialized
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frotis
- And So what you're looking at here is this blood smear where these are red blood cells.
- Pap smear
- blood smear
- peripheral blood smear
And you're still inviting everybody to your pap smears, mammograms.
- And you're still inviting everybody to your pap smears, mammograms.
- But like a pap smear, it's over fast and it really works.
- So that's why you get that early invite, the actual smear test.
- And we talked about pap smears before the break.
- Well, so if you, if you have a hymen, can you get a proper, like vaginal exam, like how they give you the Pap smear and all that?
Examples
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During each antenatal visit, we performed physical examinations and blood smear examinations for malaria parasites.
Academic text (2013) -
Besides, I need a Pap smear and he takes my insurance.
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So today I have a smear test.
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Others included the patients who came for a smear test but did not come for further treatment.
Academic text (2007) -
All those of us who have had smear tests recognise they're not nice, but they are important.
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Karen is looking at a blood smear slide through a microscope.
Fiction book (1998) -
Well we received both your blood and smear test back, and there's no sign of syphilis or anything else.
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Giemsa-stained blood smears were read in each center by a trained malariologist.
Academic text (2013) -
We stained thick and thin blood smears with 2% Giemsa for 30 minutes.
Academic text (2002) -
During her check-up, the doctor performed a Pap smear to check for any abnormalities.
Synonyms
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4.2
A small sample of blood, urine, or tissue taken for testing
A small sample of cells spread thin on a glass slide to look at under a microscope
A thin sample of cells spread and stained on a glass slide to view under a microscope
Compounds
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5.5
An organized effort to hurt someone's reputation by making false or unfair accusations
- Specialized
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4.3
A medical test in which a doctor takes cells from a woman's cervix to check for signs of cancer
- UK
1
3.7
A medical test that checks cells from a woman's cervix for signs of cancer or other problems
- Specialized
A sample of cells taken from the lungs with a small camera to check for lung disease
- Specialized
A small sample of cells spread thin on a glass slide to look at under a microscope
- Specialized
A small sample of cells taken from the upper part of the small intestine to check for infection
- Specialized
A medical test that takes cells from the food pipe to look at under a microscope
- Specialized
A sample of cells taken from part of the digestive tract to check for diseases like cancer
- Specialized
A sample from the lungs placed on a slide to look for infection or cancer
- Specialized
A lab test where a sample from the stomach is put on a slide to check for infection
- Specialized
A test that collects cells from the opening of a woman's womb to look for early cancer
- Specialized
A test that examines material from the first part of the small intestine under a microscope to check for infection
- Specialized
A lab test that spreads lung mucus on a slide and checks it under a microscope for disease
- Specialized
A sample of cells taken from the inside of a woman's birth canal to check for infection or unusual cells
Surface Forms
Etymology
Smear for a medical sample also comes from the same old English root smeoran 'to rub' and the idea of 'spreading'. A medical smear is a small sample 'spread' thinly on a slide so doctors can look at it under a microscope.