Synonyms for pap smear
pap smear

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1. Pap smearnoun

   Synonyms:
   smear test, Pap test, cervical smear

2. Pap smearnoun

   A screening test to detect pre-cancerous and cancerous cells by taking a sample (‘smear’) of cells from the cervix.

   Synonyms:
   Pap test, cervical smear, smear test

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1. cervical smear, Pap smear, Papanicolaou smearnoun

   a sample of secretions and superficial cells of the uterine cervix and uterus; examined with a microscope to detect any abnormal cells

   Synonyms:
   cervical smear

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Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pap smear

   Synonyms:
   Papanicolaou test, pap test

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1. Kirstie Wilson:

   It took me four months of going back and forth to my GP (general practitioner) before I was given a [Pap] smear test.

2. Lauren Demosthenes:

   As we care for patients, we are constantly learning and adjusting recommendations as new scientific information is released. In the case of pap smear guidelines, we are intent on balancing benefits and harms to patients, part of the concern with younger aged testing is the downstream testing with colposcopy, biopsy and then the intervention of removing or ablating a portion of the cervix which has been linked to an increased risk of premature birth.

3. Warner Huh:

   For years, women's health care has been anchored around the Pap smear.

4. Kirstie Wilson:

   I was bleeding in between periods and I was in agony but doctors diagnosed me with thrush and growing pains, it took me four months of going back and forth to my GP (general practitioner) before I was given a [Pap] smear test.

5. Harvey Makadon:

   Most transgender men still have a cervix, so they need a pap smear, so you have to create an environment where they feel comfortable talking about themselves.