pap test

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pap test(n = noun.cognition) papanicolaou test, smear test - a method of examining stained cells in a cervical smear for early diagnosis of uterine cancer;

has parts: cervical smear, pap smear, papanicolaou smear

is a kind of diagnostic assay, diagnostic test

pap test, n. a test done by a cervical smear.

Etymology

abbr. of G. N. Papanicolaou, US scientist d. 1962