alimentary tract smear

1. 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 (synset 105272916)
   is a type 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
   subtypes:

   • 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
   • duodenal smear, paraduodenal smear - alimentary tract smear of material obtained from the duodenum

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