screening pap smear
Defined in 1 dictionary — U.S. Code
United States Code
42 U.S.C. § 1395X — under this subchapter (3 versions over time)
The term “screening pap smear” means a diagnostic laboratory test consisting of a routine exfoliative cytology test (Papanicolaou test) provided to a woman for the purpose of early detection of cervical or vaginal cancer and includes a physician's interpretation of the results of the test, if the individual involved has not had such a test during the preceding 2 years, or during the preceding year in the case of a woman described in paragraph (3).