biopsies

Variant of biopsy

biopsy definition

bi·opsy (bī′äp′sē)

noun pl. biopsies -·sies

the removal of living tissue from the body for diagnostic examination

Etymology: < bi(o)- + -opsis

transitive verb biopsied -·sied, biopsying -·sy·ing

to perform a biopsy on

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