sputum smear

Questions about sputum smear

What is another word for sputum smear?

It depends which sputum smear you mean. In the sense “any of several cytologic smears obtained from different parts of the lower respiratory tract; used for cytologic study of cancer and other diseases of the lungs”, the synonyms are lower respiratory tract smear, bronchoscopic smear. Across all 1 sense there are 2 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of sputum smear?

WordNet records no antonym for sputum smear. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for sputum smear come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of sputum smear

• Full entry for sputum smearAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for sputum smearWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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