LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT SMEAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lower respiratory tract smear mean? 

• LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT SMEAR (noun)
  The noun LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT SMEAR has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT SMEAR used as a noun is very rare.

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• LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT SMEAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

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Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

bronchoscopic smear; lower respiratory tract smear; sputum smear

Hypernyms ("lower respiratory tract smear" is a kind of...):

cytologic smear; cytosmear; smear (a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope)