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slanderous defamation stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope make a smudge on; soil by smudging daub: cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it; "smear the wall with paint"; "daub the ceiling with plaster" smudge: a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek" blot: an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook" defame: charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"
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a sample of cells spread across a glass slide to be examined through a microscope
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a specimen for microscopic examination of cells for detection of variuos conditions of the female genital tract (eg malignant and premalignant conditions), prepared by spreading the material across a slide.
Ãâó: www.uwo.ca/pathol/glossary.html
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in jazz, a type of glissando or portamento in which the pitch of a note is shifted about a half step, often with a rather harsh tone
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Specimen material obtained from the surface of a mucous membrane for bacteriological or cytological examination. In gynecology, particularly for diagnosis of cervical cancer. Cells are scraped from the surface of the cervix and from the lining of the cervical canal and examined under the microscope (cervical smear or Pap test, named after the doctor Papanicolaou).
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