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relatively thin in consistency or low in density; not viscous; "air is thin at high altitudes"; "a thin soup"; "skimmed milk is much thinner than whole milk"; "thin oil"
lacking excess flesh; "you cant be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare (同)lean
(of sound) lacking resonance or volume; "a thin feeble cry"
lacking spirit or sincere effort; "a thin smile"
lose thickness; become thin or thinner
make thin or thinner; "Thin the solution"
of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section; "thin wire"; "a thin chiffon blouse"; "a thin book"; "a thin layer of paint"
stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance
a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope (同)cytologic smear, cytosmear
slanderous defamation (同)vilification, malignment
make a smudge on; soil by smudging (同)blur, smudge, smutch

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『薄い』 / 細い / 『やせた』,やつれた / (液体・気体が)『薄い』,希薄な / まばらな,密集していない / 内容のない,見え透いた / (音・声が)『か細い』 / 薄く,細く,まばらに / …‘を'薄くする,細くする,まばらにする / 薄くなる,細くなる,まばらになる
(油性・粘着性のものを)…に塗る…(…で)…‘を'汚す《+『名』+『with』+『名』〈油など〉》 / (…に)〈油など〉‘を'塗りつける《+『名』〈油など〉+『on』(『over』)+『名』》 / …‘を'こすって不明瞭にする,消す / 〈人の名誉など〉‘を'傷つける,中傷する / 汚れる / かすれる,分鮮明になる / (油などの)汚れ,しみ / 中傷 / (顕微鏡で見るためスライドに塗った)塗布[標本]

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1. 回帰熱の臨床的特徴およびマネージメントclinical features diagnosis and management of relapsing fever [show details]
…blood smear analysis, a request for a manual examination of the blood smear must be made . On thin smear, Giemsa or Wright stains typically reveal spirochetes if the concentration of microorganisms is…
2. Borrelia miyamotoi感染症borrelia miyamotoi infection [show details]
…indicated, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) . If PCR testing is not available, a Wright- or Giemsa-stained thin blood smear can be examined under the microscope for the appearance of the coiled filaments of spirochetes…
3. マラリアの診断に対する臨床検査ツールlaboratory tools for diagnosis of malaria [show details]
…microscopy: thin and thick smears. Thin smear preparation maintains the integrity and morphology of erythrocytes so that parasites are visible within red blood cells. Thin smears allow identification of the infecting …
4. バベシア症：臨床症状および診断babesiosis clinical manifestations and diagnosis [show details]
… Confirmation that symptoms are due to relapse is best made by detection of the parasite on thin blood smear. Relapsing episodes of babesiosis tend to be less severe than the initial episode of infection …
5. 皮膚科の診察室や診療所で行う診断法office based dermatologic diagnostic procedures [show details]
…oozes from the inflamed border of the lesion; the blood drops are then applied to a slide as a thin smear or "thick drop" that is let dry at room temperature . The amastigote protozoa can be easily identified …

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Thick Smear is a Good Substitute for the Thin Smear in Parasitological Confirmation of Canine Visceral Leishmaniasis.

de Mello CX1, Figueiredo FB2, Mendes Júnior AA2, Miranda Lde F3, de Oliveira Rde V4, Madeira Mde F3.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene.Am J Trop Med Hyg.2016 Jul 6;95(1):99-103. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.15-0103. Epub 2016 May 9.
Although direct examination methods are important for diagnosing leishmaniasis, such methods are often neglected because of their low sensitivity relative to other techniques. Our study aimed to evaluate the performance of bone marrow (BM) thick smears and cytocentrifugation tests as alternatives to
PMID 27162266

[Malaria in Iceland, a rare but looming threat for travelers].

Rognvaldsson KG, Gudmundsson S, Gottfredsson M.
Læknablađiđ.Laeknabladid.2016 Jun;102(6):271-6. doi: 10.17992/lbl.2016.06.84.
INTRODUCTION: Malaria is one of the most common causes of preventable deaths in the developing countries, especially among children. A previous study of imported malaria in Iceland during 1980-1997 identified 15 confirmed cases. The objective of this retrospective study was to update epidemiological
PMID 27295144

Design of New Procedures for Diagnosing Prevalent Diseases Using a Low-Cost Telemicroscopy System.

Prieto-Egido I1, González-Escalada A2, García-Giganto V3, Martínez-Fernández A1.
Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association.Telemed J E Health.2016 Apr 20. [Epub ahead of print]
BACKGROUND: Currently, the diagnosis of prevalent diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis, or diarrheal diseases in rural areas of developing countries requires the displacement of the patient from their community health post to their reference health center or to ship a sample. This delays diagnosis
PMID 27096229