cytosmear

1. 1.

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

   Synonymssmearcytologic smear

   Broadercytologic specimen

   Narroweralimentary tract smearcervical smearlower respiratory tract smearvaginal smear

Other forms of cytosmear

plural

cytosmears·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about cytosmear

What does cytosmear mean?

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

How many syllables are in cytosmear?

cytosmear has 4 syllables: cy-to-sme-ar. The stress falls on "to".

What is another word for cytosmear?

Close synonyms include smear, cytologic smear. 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 cytosmear a common word?

cytosmear is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.