Pre-Conception: Pap Test and HPV Testing. A Pap test is used to screen a woman's cervix (the opening to the uterus) for cancer, pre-cancerous changes, inflammation, and some sexually transmitted diseases. HPV testing detects the high-risk types of the human papillomavirus, which increase a woman's risk of cervical cancer.
the gist. : the general or basic meaning of something said or written â usually + of. The gist of her argument was that the law was unfair. I didn't read the whole article, but I got the gist of it.
From Ohio History Central. The Gist Settlements were African-American communities that former slaves of Samuel Gist established in Ohio during the early nineteenth century. In 1808, Gist drafted his final will. He eventually added four codicils to this document.