Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun alimentary_tract_smear

1 sense of alimentary tract smear

Sense 1
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)
       => 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)