Papanicolaou
/ˌpapəˈnɪkəlaʊ/ /ˌpapənɪkəˈlɑːuː/Medicine
noun
Attributive and in the genitive. Designating or relating to the technique of exfoliative cytology devised by Papanicolaou, used chiefly as a means of detecting cancer, especially of the female genital tract.
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics. From the name of George Nicholas Papanicolaou, Greek-born U.S. anatomist.