Papanicolaou stain
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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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Words nearby Papanicolaou stain
papalism, papalize, Papal States, Papandreou, Papanicolaou smear, Papanicolaou stain, Papanicolaou test, paparazzo, papauma, papaveraceous, papaverine
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