Meaning & use
biopsy
A medical procedure that removes a small sample of tissue for laboratory examination.
See it in a sentence
The doctor ordered a biopsy of the lump to check whether the cells were cancerous.
Results from the skin biopsy came back a week later and showed no abnormal growth.
A note on using this word
Biopsy can also be used as a verb, as in 'the doctor biopsied the tissue,' though the noun form is more common.
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Another way to use it
2. verb
To remove and examine a tissue sample from a patient to diagnose disease.
The surgeon biopsied the growth immediately after noticing its irregular shape.
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