"Pap smear" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Pap smears [plural]
Etymology: From Papanikolaou. Named after Greek-American physician Georgios Papanikolaou Etymology templates: {{m|en|Papanikolaou}} Papanikolaou, {{named-after/list|physician||||}} physician, {{lang|en|Georgios Papanikolaou}} Georgios Papanikolaou, {{named-after|en|Georgios Papanikolaou|nat=Greek-American|occ=physician}} Named after Greek-American physician Georgios Papanikolaou Head templates: {{en-noun}} Pap smear (plural Pap smears)
  1. (chiefly gynaecology) A screening test meant to detect pre-cancerous and cancerous cells by taking a sample (‘smear’) of cells from the cervix. Wikipedia link: Pap smear Categories (topical): Gynaecology Synonyms: cervical smear, Pap, pap, pap test, Pap test, smear test, pap smear Translations (gynaecology: screening test): frotis de Papanicolau [masculine] (Catalan), 子宮頸塗片檢查 (Chinese Mandarin), 子宫颈涂片检查 (zǐgōngjǐng túpiàn jiǎnchá) (Chinese Mandarin), uitstrijkje [neuter] (Dutch), papakoe (Finnish), frottis [masculine] (French), Pap-Abstrich [masculine] (German), striscio [masculine] (Italian), パップテスト (pappu tesuto) (Japanese), мазо́к Папаникола́у (mazók Papanikoláu) [masculine] (Russian), prueba de Papanicolau [feminine] (Spanish), papanicolau (Spanish), frotis vaginal [masculine] (Spanish), gynekologiskt cellprov [neuter] (Swedish), papaprov [neuter] (Swedish)

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