Papanicolaou
/ˌpapəˈnɪkəlaʊ/ /ˌpapənɪkəˈlɑːuː/Medicine
noun
Attributive and in the genitive. Designating or relating to the technique of exfoliative cytology devised by Papanicolaou, used chiefly as a means of detecting cancer, especially of the female genital tract.
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics. From the name of George Nicholas Papanicolaou, Greek-born U.S. anatomist.
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- Movietone
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- moving cluster
- moving-coil
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