biopsy

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English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From French biopsie.

Noun [edit]

biopsy (plural biopsies)

  1. The removal and examination of a sample of tissue from a living body for diagnostic purposes.

Translations [edit]

removal and examination of a sample of tissue for diagnostic purposes

Verb [edit]

biopsy (third-person singular simple present biopsies, present participle biopsying, simple past and past participle biopsied)

  1. To take a sample (a biopsy) for pathological examination.
    They biopsied the lump but it turned out to be non-cancerous.

Translations [edit]

to take a sample for pathological examination

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