Definition of Oral smear

1. Noun. Alimentary tract smear of material obtained from the mouth.

Generic synonyms: Alimentary Tract Smear

Medical Definition of Oral smear

1. A group of cytologic specimens containing material from the mouth (oral smear), oesophagus and stomach (gastric smear), duodenum (paraduodenal smear), and colon, obtained by specialised lavage techniques; used principally for the diagnosis of cancer of those areas. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oral Smear

oral mucosa
oral mucositis
oral part of pharynx
oral pathology
oral personality
oral pharynx
oral physiotherapy
oral plate
oral polio vaccine
oral poliovirus vaccine
oral presentation
oral region
oral smear (current term)
oral stereotypy
oral submucous fibrosis
oral surgeon
oral surgery
oral surgical procedures
oral teeth
oral ulcer
oral vestibule
orale
oralism
oralisms
oralist
oralistic

Literary usage of Oral smear

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Medicine (1908)
"The oral smear showed many intra-cellu- lar and extra-cellular diplococci; also spir- illi, and pneumococci. The eye smear showed a few intra- and ..."

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