biopsy
nounverbattested in dialogue
- United States//ˈbaɪɑpsi//
The removal and examination of a sample of tissue, cells, or bodily fluid from a living body for diagnostic purposes.
noun
- 1
The removal and examination of a sample of tissue, cells, or bodily fluid from a living body for diagnostic purposes.
We will need to perform a biopsy to determine whether the tumour is malignant or benign.
All the while he was talking, he took lots of biopsies, small samples of tissue to be examined by pathologists using a microscope.
Etymology
From French biopsie, from bi- + -opsy.
verb
- 1
To take a sample (a biopsy) for pathological examination.
They biopsied the lump but it turned out to be non-cancerous.
Forms
- plural
- biopsies
- past tense
- biopsied
- past participle
- biopsied
- present participle
- biopsying
- third person singular
- biopsies
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