Papanicolaou stain
n.
A multichromatic stain used principally on exfoliated cytologic specimens, giving great transparency and detail, and important in cancer screening, especially of smears of the female genital tract.
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Nearby words
phlebotomus, phlebotomus fever, phlebotomus fever virus, phlebotomy, phlegethon, Papanicolaou stain, phlegmasia, phlegmasia alba dolens, phlegmasia cerulea dolens, phlegmatic, phlegmon
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