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Preferred Name

Pap Smear

Synonyms

Pap Smear Procedure

Vaginal Smears

Papanicolaou Test

Cervical Smear Procedure

Papanicolaou Smear Procedure

Cervical Smear Preparation

PAP SMEAR

Pap Smear

Pap Test

Pap smear

Pap test

Definitions

A biospecimen collection and staining procedure in which secretions and superficial cells of the cervix are collected and stained with the Papanicolaou stain followed by microscopic examination to identify the presence of abnormal cells.

ID

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ALT_DEFINITION

A biospecimen collection and staining procedure in which secretions and superficial cells of the cervix are collected and stained with the Papanicolaou stain followed by microscopic examination to identify the presence of abnormal cells.

A procedure in which cells are scraped from the cervix for examination under a microscope. It is used to detect cancer and changes that may lead to cancer. A Pap smear can also show conditions, such as infection or inflammation, that are not cancer.

code

C17348

Concept_In_Subset

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http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C66830

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C157711

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C61410

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C116977

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C118169

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Contributing_Source

CDISC

CTRP

GDC

DEFINITION

A biospecimen collection and staining procedure in which secretions and superficial cells of the cervix are collected and stained with the Papanicolaou stain followed by microscopic examination to identify the presence of abnormal cells.

Display_Name

Pap Smear

FULL_SYN

Pap Smear Procedure

Vaginal Smears

Papanicolaou Test

Cervical Smear Procedure

Papanicolaou Smear Procedure

Cervical Smear Preparation

PAP SMEAR

Pap Smear

Pap Test

Pap smear

Pap test

Is_Value_For_GDC_Property

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label

Pap Smear

Legacy Concept Name

Pap_Smear

Maps_To

Pap Smear

Preferred_Name

Pap Smear

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C17348

Semantic_Type

Diagnostic Procedure

UMLS_CUI

C0079104

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C49132

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