- Papanicolaou staining
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Papanicolaou staining
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Papanicolaou stain — showing a low grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (LSIL). Pap test. Papanicolaou stain (also Papanicolaou s stain and Pap stain) is a multichromatic staining histological technique developed by George Papanikolaou, the father of cytopathology.… … Wikipedia
Papanicolaou stain — a method of staining smears of secretions from the respiratory, digestive, or genitourinary tract for examination of exfoliated cells, to detect the presence of a malignant process; used in the Papanicolaou test (see under test). Papanicolaou… … Medical dictionary
Papanicolaou test — noun a method of examining stained cells in a cervical smear for early diagnosis of uterine cancer • Syn: ↑Pap test, ↑smear test • Hypernyms: ↑diagnostic test, ↑diagnostic assay • Part Meronyms: ↑cervical smear, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Papanicolaou stain test (smear) — Pap·a·nic·o·laou stain, test (smear) (pap″ə nikґo la oo) [George Nicolas Papanicolaou, Greek physician and anatomist in the United States, 1883–1962] see under test and see Stains and Staining Methods, under stain … Medical dictionary
Papanicolaou's stain — A complex stain for detecting malignant cells in cervical smears. Contains in separate staining stages (a) haematoxylin, (b) Orange G phosphotungstic acid c) Light green, Bismarck Brown, Eosin and phosphotungstic acid … Dictionary of molecular biology
Cyto-Stain — Cyto Stain, or CytoStain, is commercially available mix of staining dyes for polychromatic staining in histology. It provides results comparable to Papanicolaou staining, but in less number of operations and in shorter time. It is used in… … Wikipedia
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stain — 1. To discolor. 2. To color; to dye. 3. A discoloration. 4. A dye used in histologic and bacteriologic technique. 5. A procedure in which a dye or combination of dyes and reagents is used to color the constituents of cells and tissues. For… … Medical dictionary
Pap test — A screening test for cervical cancer based on the examination under the microscope of cells collected from the cervix, smeared on a slide and specially stained to reveal premalignant (before cancer) and malignant (cancer) changes as well as… … Medical dictionary
Pap test — n. a test done by a cervical smear. Etymology: abbr. of G. N. Papanicolaou, US scientist d. 1962 * * * noun a method of examining stained cells in a cervical smear for early diagnosis of uterine cancer • Syn: ↑Papanicolaou test, ↑smear test •… … Useful english dictionary
