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- noun gynaecology A screening
test to detectpre-cancerous andcancerous cells by taking a sample ('smear') of cells from thecervix .
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- noun a method of examining stained cells in a cervical smear for early diagnosis of uterine cancer
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From Georgios Papanikolaou, American physician.
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