cervical smearnoun [ C ]
uk/səˌvaɪ.kəl ˈsmɪər/us/ˌsɜr.vɪ.kəl ˈsmɪr/UK US Pap smeara medical test in which some cells are taken from a woman's cervix (= the opening of her womb) and then tested to discover if she has cancer
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