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biopsy

biopsy

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Noun

biopsy (plural biopsies)

  1. The removal and examination of a sample of tissue from a living body for diagnostic purposes.
    We will need to perform a biopsy to determine whether the tumour is malignant or benign.

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Verb

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.

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