a similar test for precancerous cells in other organs
US equivalent: Papanicolaou smear
Word origin
C20: named after George Papanicolaou (1883–1962), US anatomist, who devised it
Pap test in American English
(pæp)
US
the microscopic examination of cells taken as a smear (Pap smear) from the cervix of a woman, used as a test for uterine cancer in its early, curable stage
Word origin
after G. Papanicolaou (1883-1962), U.S. anatomist
Examples of 'Pap test' in a sentence
Pap test
It showed up in my last Pap test, then they retested for it.