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The Papanicolaou test (abbreviated as Pap test, also known as Pap smear (AE), [1] cervical smear (BE), cervical screening (BE), [2] or smear test (BE)) is a method of cervical screening used to detect potentially precancerous and cancerous processes in the cervix (opening of the uterus or womb) or, more rarely, anus (in both men and women). [3]
Georgios Nikolaou Papanikolaou (or George Papanicolaou / ˌ p æ p ə ˈ n ɪ k ə l aʊ /; Greek: Γεώργιος Ν. Παπανικολάου [papanikoˈlau] ; 13 May 1883 – 19 February 1962) was a Greek physician , zoologist and microscopist who was a pioneer in cytopathology and early cancer detection, and inventor of the pap smear for ...
Papanicolaou stain showing a low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (LSIL) from a Pap test. Cell nuclei stained blue. Papanicolaou stain (also Papanicolaou's stain and Pap stain ) is a multichromatic (multicolored) cytological staining technique developed by George Papanicolaou in 1942.
Andromachi "Mary" Mavrogeni Papanikolaou [note 1] (1890-13 October 1982) was a Greek laboratory technician and the wife of Georgios Papanikolaou, the Greek pathologist who independently invented the pap test. For 21 years, Mary Papanikolaou volunteered to have her cervix sampled and smeared by her husband to help with his efforts to create the ...
Papanikolaou or Papanicolaou (Greek: Παπανικολάου) is a Greek patronymic surname, meaning "child of Father Nikolaos", used in Greece and Cyprus. It may refer to: People
Školska knjiga (lit. Schoolbook, pronounced [ʃkôlskaː kɲîɡa]) is one of the largest publishing companies in Croatia. It was established in 1950. Until the mid-1990s it had a virtual monopoly on publishing schoolbooks, and this remains its core business.
Positive fern test with amniotic fluid as seen under the microscope. The fern test is a medical laboratory test used in obstetrics and gynecology.The name refers to the detection of a characteristic "fern like" pattern of vaginal secretions when a specimen is allowed to dry on a glass slide and is viewed under a low-power microscope.
Papanicolaou was born on January 23, 1943, in Athens, Greece.He received his B.E.E. from Union College and his M.S. and Ph.D. from New York University (NYU) in 1969. His PhD thesis, performed under the supervision of Joseph Bishop Keller was entitled "On Stochastic Differential Equations and Applications". [2]