papanicolaou test | sense examples, Usage and Definition from wordnet dictionary online

Noun papanicolaou test has 1 sense

Pap test, Papanicolaou test, smear test - a method of examining stained cells in a cervical smear for early diagnosis of uterine cancer
--₁ is a kind of diagnostic test, diagnostic assay
--₁ has parts: cervical smear, Pap smear, Papanicolaou smear