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bungler · 2010-01-17 00:37:18

hi can anyone tell me the difference between a smear test and a pap smear? cheers

17-01-2010 12:37am

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hi can anyone tell me the difference between a smear test and a pap smear?

cheers

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#2 17-01-2010 12:43am

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I thought they were the same thing. Isn't a pap smear what americans call a smear test.

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#3 17-01-2010 1:25am

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haha tit of a girlfriend has been reading them american magazines lol

thanks for the help

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#4 17-01-2010 1:28am

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Definitely the same thing

Stands for Papanicolaou test/smear (although people never really use the full name and good luck trying to say it after a few drinks! )

You can also have a test called a peripheral blood smear, testing for something like malaria but I very much doubt this is what she's talking about!

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