blot smear smirch spot stain | an act that brings discredit to the person who does it, he made a huge blot on his copybook |
smudge spot blot daub smear smirch slur | a blemish made by dirt, he had a smudge on his cheek |
smear cytologic smear cytosmear | a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope |
alimentary tract smear | any of several cytologic smears obtained from different parts of the alimentary tract, obtained by specialized lavage techniques and used mainly to diagnose cancer in those parts |
esophageal smear | alimentary tract smear of material obtained from the esophagus |
gastric smear | alimentary tract smear of material obtained from the stomach |
oral smear | alimentary tract smear of material obtained from the mouth |
paraduodenal smear duodenal smear | alimentary tract smear of material obtained from the duodenum |
cervical smear Pap smear Papanicolaou smear | a sample of secretions and superficial cells of the uterine cervix and uterus, examined with a microscope to detect any abnormal cells |
lower respiratory tract smear bronchoscopic smear sputum smear | any of several cytologic smears obtained from different parts of the lower respiratory tract, used for cytologic study of cancer and other diseases of the lungs |
vaginal smear | smear taken from the vaginal mucosa for cytological analysis |
Pap test Papanicolaou test smear test | a method of examining stained cells in a cervical smear for early diagnosis of uterine cancer |
smear vilification malignment | slanderous defamation |
smear word | an epithet that can be used to smear someone's reputation, he used the smear word `communist' for everyone who disagreed with him |
defame slander smirch asperse denigrate calumniate smear sully besmirch | 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 |
daub smear | cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it, smear the wall with paint, daub the ceiling with plaster |
smear blur smudge smutch | make a smudge on, soil by smudging |
smear | stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance |