Medical Definition of Papanicolaou stain
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A multichromatic stain used principally on exfoliated cytologic specimens and based on aqueous haematoxylin with multiple counterstaining dyes in 95% ethyl alcohol, giving great transparency and delicacy of detail; important in cancer screening, especially of gynecologic smears.
(05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Papanicolaou Stain
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