Pap smear

See also: pap smear

English

Alternative forms

• pap smear

Etymology

From Papanikolaou. Named after Greek-American physician Georgios Papanikolaou.

Noun

Pap smear (plural Pap smears)

1. (gynaecology) A screening test meant to detect pre-cancerous and cancerous cells by taking a sample (‘smear’) of cells from the cervix.
   • 2021, Zakiya Dalila Harris, The Other Black Girl, Bloomsbury, page 344:

     She felt vulnerable, like sheʼd just gotten her first Pap smear and didnʼt know how invasive it would feel.

Synonyms

• cervical smear
• Pap
• pap
• pap test
• Pap test
• smear test

 

Translations

gynaecology: screening test

• Catalan: frotis de Papanicolau m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 子宮頸塗片檢查／子宫颈涂片检查 (zǐgōngjǐng túpiàn jiǎnchá)

• Dutch: uitstrijkje (nl) n
• Finnish: papakoe
• French: frottis (fr) m
• German: Pap-Abstrich m
• Italian: striscio (it) m
• Japanese: パップテスト (pappu tesuto)
• Russian: мазо́к Папаникола́у m (mazók Papanikoláu)
• Spanish: prueba de Papanicolau f, papanicolau, frotis vaginal m
• Swedish: gynekologiskt cellprov n, papaprov n