smear with

smear (someone or something) with (something)

1. To spread or daub some substance onto someone or something. I came into the kitchen and saw that our toddler had smeared the walls with chocolate. The leader smeared the warriors with paint to intimidate their foes.
2. To damage or attempt to ruin someone's or something's reputation through the perpetuation of claims or rumors about their failures or faults, whether these are true, exaggerated, or falsified. The president's reelection campaign has already begun smearing her opponent. The company argued that its competition had been trying to smear their reputation with false claims about using sweatshop labor in their manufacturing process.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

smear someone or something with something

 
1. to spread or rub someone or something with some substance. Bitty smeared Bobby with mud and made him very angry. You should smear that burn with lotion. He smeared himself with grease and ruined his shirt.
2. to damage the reputation of someone or something by spreading serious charges or rumors. He smeared his opponent with all sorts of charges. The speaker smeared the entire city with his criticism.
See also: smear
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • smear
  • smear (someone or something) with (something)
  • smear (something) on(to) (something)
  • smear on
  • daub
  • daub (something) on(to) (something)
  • daub on
  • dog in the manger
  • a dog in the manger
  • make a dive
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According to American cancer society 2012, pap smear test is a routine method for cancer screening that should be done every 3 years and a pap smear with a HPV DNA test is recommended as a screening method every 5 years.
CERVICAL SMEARS--STUDY DONE IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL
Comparison of clinicalpresentations, wet smear, Papanicolaou smear with Dorset'sculture for diagnosis of Trichomonas vaginalis in doubtfulwomen to Trichomoniasis.
Review of Trichomonas vaginalis in Iran, Based on Epidemiological Situation
To compare Tzanck smear with viral serology in terms of concurrence of results in patients with varicella.
Comparison of Tzanck smear with viral serology in varicella
Bhushan with his collegues compared the diagnostic accuracy of slit skin smear with bacterial index of granuloma.
DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY OF SLIT SKIN SMEARS IN LEPROSY
In this study 5 (1.11%) patients had a positive smear with no patient diagnosed as CIN after colposcopic guided punch biopsy, these results were comparable to another study done by Zamani N at Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore in 1990, in which a very low incidence of CIN was found i.e.
FREQUENCY OF SMEAR POSITIVE PRECANCEROUS CERVICAL LESIONS IN PATIENTS ATTENDING OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT OF A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL
A more direct visualization approach, via light microscopic examination of the unstained smear with the condenser flipped, can also be used to verify the presence of tumor cells on the unstained smears.
Triage of cytologic direct smears for ancillary studies: a case-based illustration and review
Variation by time lag of examination of smears reported positive at field laboratories Time lags Total Smears Smear with variation < 30 days 573 41 [greater than or equal to] 30 days 4554 591 Time lags % Variation P-value Result < 30 days 7.15 <0.01 Highly significant [greater than or equal to] 30 days 31.0
Appraisal of skin smear reports of field laboratories
Comparison of Pap smear with histopathology showed that out of total 48 patients with abnormal Pap smear, 28(58.3%) had abnormal histopathology, while of the 95 patients with normal smear, 51(53.6%) had normal histopathology.
Variability study between Pap smear, Colposcopy and Cervical Histopathology findings
Carcinoma cervix 2 .5 Total 388 100.0 Table 2: Association of types of lesions on Pap's smear with age of Women Age 20-30 31-40 41-50 Sl.
Precancerous and cancerous lesions of cervix diagnosed by pap's smear--a hospital based study
Improving the yield of endocervical elements in a Pap smear with the use of the cytology brush.
The adequacy of Papanicolaou smears as performed by family physicians and obstetrician-gynecologists. (Brief Report)
When only the 169 women with an initial Pap smear of ASCUS were considered, a repeat Pap smear with a positive triage threshold of [is greater than or equal to]ASCUS (persistent ASCUS or more severe dysplasia) detected 30/33 (91%) cases of CIN 1 and 7/10 (70%) women with CIN 2/3.
Triage of women with ASCUS and LSIL on Pap smear reports: management by repeat Pap smear, HPV DNA testing, or colposcopy?
The most common cause of a laboratory-generated false negative is a smear with a few poorly preserved atypical cells that were either overlooked or misinterpreted.(28) It would be impossible to detect such a small number of difficult-to-interpret cells in the time usually allotted to screen a slide.(28) Such errors, although often unavoidable, may lead to litigation.
The Papanicolaou smear: its value and limitations
The optimal technique for obtaining a Papanicolaou smear with the
The adequate cervical smear: a modern dilemma
To date, the best technique for obtaining a Papanicolaou smear with this device has not been described.
The optimal technique for obtaining a Papanicolaou smear with the Cervex-Brush
The significance of a negative Papanicolaou smear with hyperkeratosis or parakeratosis.
Clinical significance of hyperkeratosis on otherwise normal Papanicolaou smears