a cytological staining test for detection and diagnosis of premalignant/malignant conditions of the female genital tract; epithelial cells scraped from the tract are smeared, fixed, stained, and examined microscopically; also called a Pap smear
A simple painless test used to detect pre-cancerous or cancerous changes in the genital tract. Often called Pap smear or test. This term is not generally used in NZ. The preferred term is cervical smear test