cytologic smear

1. 1.

   a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope

   Synonymssmearcytosmear

   Broadercytologic specimen

   Narroweralimentary tract smearcervical smearlower respiratory tract smearvaginal smear

Questions about cytologic smear

What does cytologic smear mean?

cytologic smear means "a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope".

What is another word for cytologic smear?

Close synonyms include smear, cytosmear. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cytologic smear a common word?

cytologic smear is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.