pap smear
pap smear — 名詞
1. A routine medical screening in which a healthcare professional gently takes a sm
抹片檢查
採集子宮頸細胞化驗有無病變
A routine medical screening in which a healthcare professional gently takes a small sample of cells from the surface of a woman's cervix so the cells can be examined under a microscope for abnormal changes that could lead to cancer.
Nala's doctor recommended that she get a pap smear during her annual check-up.
Nala 的醫師建議她在年度健康檢查時順便做一次抹片檢查。
get a pap smear: common collocation for undergoing the test
Every three years, Lara goes to the clinic for a routine pap smear test.
Lara 每三年去診所做一次常規的子宮頸抹片檢查。
routine pap smear: typical collocation with frequency
The results of Nellie's pap smear showed no abnormal cells, which relieved her partner.
Nellie 的抹片檢查結果顯示沒有異常細胞，這讓她的伴侶鬆了一口氣。
Without regular pap smears, early warning signs of cervical cancer can go undetected for years.
如果沒有定期做抹片檢查，子宮頸癌的早期警訊可能多年都未被發現。
without + regular pap smears: conditional structure showing importance
A pap smear usually takes only a few minutes and causes very little discomfort.
抹片檢查通常只需要幾分鐘，而且幾乎不會造成不適。
- have a pap smear
- get a pap smear
- do a pap smear
- routine pap smear
- abnormal pap smear
- pap smear results
- pap smear screening
- pap smear test
- Pap test
A shorter, interchangeable name for the same procedure; very common in the United States.
- cervical smear
The preferred term in British English and many Commonwealth countries.
- Papanicolaou test
The formal medical name, named after Dr. George Papanicolaou who developed the technique; used mainly in professional settings.
文法句型
have/get/do + a pap smear
pap smear + noun (test, results, screening)
用法筆記
Frequently used with 'have', 'get', or 'do' ('I had a pap smear last week.'). In British English, the same test is often called a 'cervical smear' or 'smear test'. This sense refers to the entire medical procedure from cell collection to lab analysis.
常見錯誤
2. The laboratory technique of applying a specific dye mixture to the collected cel
染色法
帕氏染色技術使病變細胞變色
The laboratory technique of applying a specific dye mixture to the collected cell sample so that abnormal and precancerous cells take on a different colour from healthy cells and become clearly visible under a microscope.
Dr. Papanicolaou invented the staining method for pap smears in the nineteen-twenties.
Papanicolaou 醫師在 1920 年代發明了用於抹片檢查的染色方法。
In the laboratory, the dye makes abnormal cells appear a different colour from normal ones.
在實驗室中，這種染劑讓異常的子宮頸細胞呈現與正常細胞不同的顏色。
makes + abnormal cells appear + different colour: how the stain distinguishes cell types
Lab technicians learn the Papanicolaou staining technique as part of their basic training.
實驗室技術人員在基礎訓練中就會學習 Papanicolaou 染色技術。
Without the special dye, technicians cannot tell diseased cells from healthy ones under a microscope.
如果沒有特殊染劑，技術人員在顯微鏡下無法區分病變細胞和健康細胞。
without + cannot: structure showing the dye's necessity
- Papanicolaou staining method
- pap smear stain
- staining technique
- dye mixture
- cell staining
- Papanicolaou stain
The formal name for the specific dye mixture used; not interchangeable with the full screening sense.
- cervical cytology staining
A broader technical term; rarely used outside laboratory settings.
文法句型
Papanicolaou staining method
staining technique used in pap smear
用法筆記
This sense refers only to the laboratory staining step, not to the clinical procedure of collecting the sample. Distinguish from sense 1 (the full screening test), where the focus is on the patient's experience and the overall purpose.
同根字
- Pap test名詞B2
- cervical smear名詞B2
- Papanicolaou test名詞C1
- smear test名詞B2