exfoliative cytology

noun

: the microscopic study of cells shed or obtained from the body especially for diagnostic purposes (as in determining the presence or absence of a cancerous condition)

Word History

First Known Use

1949, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for exfoliative cytology

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Medical Definition

exfoliative cytology

noun

: the microscopic study of cells shed or obtained from the body especially for diagnostic purposes (as in determining the presence or absence of a cancerous condition)