BRONCHOSCOPIC SMEAR as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • 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
   Synonym(s)
   • lower respiratory tract smear (what does lower respiratory tract smear mean?)
   • sputum smear (what does sputum smear mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) bronchoscopic smear is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • smear (what does smear mean?)
   • cytologic smear (what does cytologic smear mean?)
   • cytosmear (what does cytosmear mean?)