biopsy
biopsy
Definition
bi·opsy (bī′äp′sē)
noun pl. -·sies
the removal of living tissue from the body for diagnostic examination
Etymology: < bi(o)- + -opsis
transitive verb -·sied, -·sy·ing
to perform a biopsy on
biopsy
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- prostate: To confirm the diagnosis of prostate cancer a small biopsy of the prostate is taken by using a fine needle.
- lesion: Published by NICE Image-guided vacuum assisted excision biopsy of benign breast lesions.
- lining: However, an endoscopy test - with a biopsy of the small bowel lining - is required for a definite diagnosis to be made.
Converse of object
- undergo: He recorded that Miss Brown had undergone a biopsy in December 1974.
- perform: The last false diagnosis was a tumor which I was to have surgery to perform biopsy.
Adjective modifier
- endometrial: This edition also discusses the changing pattern of endometrial biopsies resulting from modified clinical practice.
- excisional: Traditionally, the diagnosis of JH has required excisional biopsy.
- ultrasound-guided: Currently, transrectal ultrasound-guided biopsy of the prostate is the only reliable way to accomplish this.
- bronchial: The data needs to be compared with the quantitation of 2D sections of bronchial biopsies at different stages of the neoplastic process.
- stereotactic: Because the calcifications are so small a stereotactic biopsy is taken, which involves a computer and scanner to pinpoint the precise area.
- jejunal: A jejunal biopsy is a test to take a tiny sample of your child's jejunum.
Modifies a noun
- specimen: A cell culture assay is a lab test performed on a biopsy specimen containing living cancer cells.
- forceps: However, disposable biopsy forceps are difficult to use and are disliked by surgeons.
- sample: Evidence of similar in vivo actions was observed in bone marrow biopsy samples from treated patients.
Noun used with modifier
- sentinel: A sentinel lymph node biopsy has possible side effects.
- lymph: A sentinel lymph node biopsy has possible side effects.
- marrow: In a bone marrow biopsy, a slightly larger needle is used.
- liver: A nine year old girl is still having routine liver biopsies.
- trephine: Types of test There are two main types of bone marrow test - a bone marrow aspiration and a bone marrow trephine biopsy.
- fine-needle: All had already been selected for surgery, based on their clinical and laboratory findings, including fine-needle aspiration biopsy.
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