Pap test
A screening test to detect pre-cancerous and cancerous cells by taking a sample of…A screening test to detect pre-cancerous and cancerous cells by taking a sample ('smear') of cells from the cervix.
» A Pap test can help detect cervical cancer early on.
Ein Pap-Abstrich kann zur frühzeitigen Erkennung des Gebärmutterhalskrebses beitragen.
Meaning
1 sensesA screening test to detect pre-cancerous and cancerous cells by taking a sample ('smear') of cells from the cervix.
Pap-Test
тест Папаникола́уtɛst Papanikoláu
- a method of examining stained cells in a cervical smear for early diagnosis of uterine cancer
Examples
1 sentencesA Pap test can help detect cervical cancer early on.
deEin Pap-Abstrich kann zur frühzeitigen Erkennung des Gebärmutterhalskrebses beitragen. — brauchinet
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
From Papanikolaou. Named after Greek-American physician Georgios Papanikolaou.From Papanikolaou. Named after Greek-American physician Georgios Papanikolaou.
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Forms
plural: Pap testsSynonyms
5 synonyms- a method of examining stained cells in a cervical smear for early diagnosis of uterine cancer:Papanicolaou testsmear test