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smear
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[ verb ] spread or daub over
Used in print (A. N. Nagaraj and L. M. Black, "Localization of...)The sections were mounted on cold slides smeared with Haupts ' adhesive ( Johansen , 1940 ) in earlier experiments , and in later experiments with a different mixture of the same components reported by Schramm and Rottger ( 1959 ) . |
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[ verb ] charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
Examples "The journalists have defamed me!" The article in the paper sullied my reputation" Related terms charge badmouth libel assassinate defamation aspersion aspersion defamer slander |
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[ noun ] (medicine) a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope
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