biopsy
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (GA) IPA: /ˈbaɪɑpsi/
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.
- French: biopsie
- German: Biopsie
- Italian: biopsia
- Portuguese: biopsia, biópsia
- Russian: биопси́я
- Spanish: biopsia
biopsy (biopsies, present participle biopsying; past biopsied, past participle biopsied)
- To take a sample (a biopsy) for pathological examination.
- They biopsied the lump but it turned out to be non-cancerous.
- German: biopsieren
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