Definition of Cytosmear

1. Noun. A thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope.


Medical Definition of Cytosmear

1. A type of cytologic specimen made by smearing a sample (obtained by a variety of methods from a number of sites), then fixing it and staining it, usually with 95% ethyl alcohol and Papanicolaou stain. Synonym: cytosmear. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cytosmear

cytoreductive therapy
cytoryctes
cytosides
cytosine
cytosine-DNA glycosidase
cytosine-UDP-glucuronosyltransferase
cytosine arabinoside
cytosine ribonucleoside
cytosines
cytosis
cytoskeletal
cytoskeletal proteins
cytoskeletally
cytoskeleton
cytoskeletons
cytosmear (current term)
cytosol
cytosol non-specific dipeptidase
cytosolic
cytosols
cytosome
cytosomes
cytospin
cytospins
cytostasis
cytostatic
cytostatically
cytostatics
cytostome
cytostomes

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