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What is the definition or description of: pap smear?
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Pap smear: A pap smear (cervical smear) is a text looking at the cells from the canal and outside of the cervix to see if any abnormalities (especially precancerous abnormalities) are present.
Answered 3/16/2013
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Cancer check: A pap test looks for cervical cancer. The doctor will inserrt a speculum into the vagina to look at the cervix and take a sample of cervical cells to send to the lab.
Answered 5/12/2015
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Looks for cancer: The Pap smear test (cervical smear) looks at cells from the cervix, checking for cervical cancer and for precancerous changes on the cervix. The cervix connects a woman's vagina to her uterus (womb). A Pap smear does not check the vagina, because swabbing the cervix to get cells for the smear only collects cervical cells.
Answered 10/4/2015
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