0 to spread a liquid or a thick substance over a surface: --
1 to publicly accuse someone of something unpleasant, unreasonable, or unlikely to be true in order to harm their reputation: --
2 a dirty mark made by spreading a liquid or a thick substance over a surface: --
3 an attempt to harm someone's reputation by publicly accusing them of something that is unpleasant, unreasonable, or unlikely to be true: --
4 a medical test in which cells from a woman's cervix (= entrance to the womb) are removed and examined to discover if there is any disease --
The samples were examined by simple smear and zinc sulphate concentration methods.
Eligible subjects provided informed consent, completed the questionnaires, and provided a buccal smear for the genetic analysis.
All patients with fever, with or without symptoms, have malaria smears performed.
We made the delayed smears according to the following protocol.
The validity of the smears will also vary according to the area from which they are taken, the screener and the technician.
All voles were culled and weighed, and blood smears prepared from blood taken from the heart.
Clearly, a straightforward ensemble average of the time-referenced signal realizations will tend t o smear out the spot boundary as well as its distinguishing features.
These include both the designs of the workshops of smear takers and community health educators.