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

1 sense of lower respiratory tract smear

Sense 1
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)
       => 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)