单词 | vaginal smear |
释义 | > as lemmasvaginal smear b. A small quantity of some substance prepared for microscopical investigation by being smeared upon a slide, esp. a sample of human or other cells obtained without surgery; vaginal smear, a smear of cells obtained from the vagina, studied to detect cervical cancer of the womb. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > laboratory analysis > material > [noun] > sample spread1895 smear1903 squash1942 sonicate1955 stabilate1965 the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > tests > [noun] > materials tested blood film1856 blood sample1873 blood1890 night-blood1894 smear1903 swab1903 phantom1922 cervical smear1944 1903 Med. Record 7 Feb. 209 Gonococci were demonstrated..by smears only. 1904 Brit. Med. Jrnl. Sept. 599 A smear from the red marrow in the case appeared identical in character with the picture of the blood film. 1917 Stockard & Papanicolaou in Amer. Jrnl. Anat. 22 227 In order to examine the vagina [of a guinea-pig] thoroughly we have introduced a small nasal speculum which facilitates clear view of the interior and a smear is made of any fluid that may be present. 1917 Stockard & Papanicolaou in Amer. Jrnl. Anat. 22 227 A study of the vaginal smears from guinea-pigs. 1920 Proc. Nat. Conf. Social Work 1919 58 Dr. Knight's plan of requiring a smear [for the detection of venereal disease] from every female child coming under their care would seem a wise precaution. 1925 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 8 May 1422/2 The guinea-pig is a particularly suitable animal for such an investigation, on account of the regularity of its estrual cycle. The use of vaginal smear examinations makes it possible to detect the return of estrus in a very exact way. 1928 G. N. Papanicolaou in 3rd Race Betterment Conf. 530 In a case of benign tumor everything you find in a vaginal smear is more or less normal... In contrast to this, in..cases..of malignant tumors, there are some definite characteristic changes. 1943 Papanicolaou & Traut Diagnosis Uterine Cancer by Vaginal Smear vi. 34 Vaginal smears made after the operation continued to show the carcinoma cells in considerable numbers. 1958 E. Day in R. W. Raven Cancer III. xxii. 450 In taking cervical smears by the Papanicolaou method a cotton~tipped applicator is used. 1966 Listener 4 Aug. 151/1 Cervical smear centres for the early diagnosis of womb cancer..have..been outstandingly successful. 1969 Awake! 8 Nov. 15/1 A study conducted at the University of Chicago ‘reportedly shows a sixfold increase in positive Pap smears..among women who have taken oral contraceptives’. 1975 Nature 9 Oct. 480/1 The presence of sperm cells in vaginal smears taken [from rats] the following morning was taken as positive indication of pregnancy. < as lemmas |
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