the removal and examination of tissue from the body of somebody who is ill/sick, in order to find out more about their diseaseOxford Collocations DictionaryBiopsy is used before these nouns: procedure,sampleBiopsy is used after these nouns: bowel,liver,…Seefull entrySee related entries:Operations,Medical examinationsWord Originlate 19th cent.: coined in French from Greek bios ‘life’ + opsis ‘sight’.Wordfinderexaminebiopsy,diagnose,examine,sample,scan,swab,symptom,test,ultrasound,X-ray
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