Pap smears are named after Georgios Papanikolaou, the doctor who determined its use in detecting early signs that could lead to cervical cancer. I always thought it was an acronym or something to do with “papilloma,” a word whose meaning I also don’t know but frequently read about in HPV pamphlets. Anyway that doctor’s face appeared on the 10000 Greek D…
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