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Definition of Vaginal smear
1. Noun. Smear taken from the vaginal mucosa for cytological analysis.
Medical Definition of Vaginal smear
1. A smear of debris from the vaginal lumen of mammals, used to determine the stage of their reproductive cycle. It is most useful in subprimate mammals having short estrous cycles; nucleated epithelial cells and leukocytes prevail in the smear during diestrus and proestrus, and cornified cells during estrus. (05 Mar 2000)
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