Taber's Medical Dictionary
ASC-US, ASCUS
atypical squamous cells of uncertain significance. It is a finding on some abnormal PAP smears in which frankly dysplastic lesions are not found, but cell nuclei demonstrate minor histopathological abnormalities.
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "ASC-US, ASCUS." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/754300/all/ASC_US__ASCUS.
ASC-US, ASCUS. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/754300/all/ASC_US__ASCUS. Accessed April 26, 2025.
ASC-US, ASCUS. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/754300/all/ASC_US__ASCUS
ASC-US, ASCUS [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 April 26]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/754300/all/ASC_US__ASCUS.
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