1) Gynaecological cancer 2) Part of some health checkups
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The Papanicolaou test (abbreviated as Pap test, known earlier as Pap smear, cervical smear, or smear test) is a method of cervical screening used to detect potentially pre-cancerous and cancerous processes in the endocervical canal (transformation zone) of the female reproductive system. Unusual findings are often followed up by more sensitive dia...
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(from the article `Pap smear`) ...also from the endometrium (the mucous coat of the uterus) and the ovaries. The traditional Pap smear, in which cells are literally smeared ...
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A procedure in which cells are scraped from the cervix for examination under a microscope. It is used to detect cancer and changes that may lead to cancer. A Pap test can also show conditions, such as infection or inflammation, that are not cancer. Also called Pap smear and Papanicolaou test.
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Microscopic examination of cells collected from the cervix. It is used to detect changes that may be cancer or may lead to cancer, and it can show noncancerous conditions, such as infection or inflammation. Also called pap smear. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. microscopic examination of cells exfoliated or scraped from a mucosal surface after staining with Papanicolaou stain; used especially for detection of cancer of the uterine cervix. Synonyms: Papanicolaou smear test
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Pap test: A screening test for cervical cancer based on the examination under the microscope of cells collected from the cervix, smeared on a slide and specially stained to reveal premalignant (before cancer) and malignant (cancer) changes as well as changes due to noncancerous conditions such as inflammation from infections. Also called a Pap smea...
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A common medical test that is used to detect cancer or other abnormalities in the cells of a female's cervix. A doctor will generally perfom a pap test during the first prenatal visit. Synonym(s): Pap Smear
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n] - a method of examining stained cells in a cervical smear for early diagnosis of uterine cancer
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Papanicolaou test noun a method of examining stained cells in a cervical smear for early diagnosis of uterine cancer
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Common name for cervical smear
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(Also called Pap smear.) Test that involves microscopic examination of cells collected from the cervix during a pelvic examination, used to detect changes that may be cancer or may lead to cancer, and to show noncancerous conditions, such as infection or inflammation.
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