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Definition smear test in British English

smear test noun

[countable] noun
1

a medical test in which a doctor takes cells from the entrance to a woman's womb (=the part of her body where a baby grows) to check for cancer. A smear test is often simply called a smear and doctors usually call it a cervical smear.

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Definition smear test in British English