Pap, n.4
(pæp)
Also pap.
Abbrev. of Papanicolaou (used only attrib.).
| 1963 Greisheimer & Troyer Physiol. & Anat. (ed. 8) xx. 789 The so-called ‘Pap’ test is so named after Papanicolaou, who with Stockard called attention to the importance of the changes in the vaginal epithelium first in lower animals in connection with estrous cycles. 1969 Awake! 8 Nov. 15/1 A study conducted at the University of Chicago ‘reportedly shows a sixfold increase in positive Pap smears..among women who have taken oral contraceptives’. 1973 Sci. Amer. July 22/3 Of the estimated 2·6 million women served last year by organized family-planning programs,..eight in 10 had annual breast examinations and Pap tests. 1973 Nation (Barbados) 16 Dec. 10/4 I'd like to see all of the women who should be having pap smears coaxed into their doctor's offices. 1977 Spare Rib May 20/4 Pap smear and breast cancer tests could have been lost. |