Pap smear

English

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Etymology

From Georgios Papanikolaou, Greek American physician.

Noun

Pap smear (plural Pap smears)

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

Synonyms

• cervical smear
• Pap test
• smear test

Translations

gynaecology: screening test

• Chinese:

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

• Dutch: uitstrijkje (nl) n
• Finnish: Papa-koe (fi)
• French: frottis (fr) m

• German: Pap-Abstrich (de) m
• Italian: striscio (it) m
• Japanese: パップテスト (ja) (pappu tesuto)
• Russian: мазок Папаниколау (ru) (mazók Papanikoláu) m