cervical smear

English

Noun

cervical smear (plural cervical smears)

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

Synonyms

• smear test
• Pap smear
• Pap test

Translations

gynaecology: screening test

• Dutch: uitstrijkje (nl) n
• Finnish: irtosolukoe
• French: frottis (fr) m
• Swedish: papa-prov n, gynekologiskt cellprov n, gynprov n