biopsy
English edit
Etymology edit
From French biopsie, from Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”) + ὤψ (ṓps, “eye”).
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbaɪɑpsi/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Noun edit
biopsy (plural biopsies)
- 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.
- 2021, Dr Philippa Kaye, Doctors Get Cancer Too, Vie Books, page 22:
- All the while he was talking, he took lots of biopsies, small samples of tissue to be examined by pathologists using a microscope.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
removal and examination of a sample of tissue for diagnostic purposes
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Verb edit
biopsy (third-person singular simple present biopsies, present participle biopsying, simple past and past participle biopsied)
- To take a sample (a biopsy) for pathological examination.
- They biopsied the lump but it turned out to be non-cancerous.
Related terms edit
Translations edit
to take a sample for pathological examination
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