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BIOPSY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Examination of tissues or liquids from the living body to determine the existence or cause of a disease

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("biopsy" is a kind of...):

diagnostic assay; diagnostic test (an assay conducted for diagnostic purposes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "biopsy"):

blood test (a serologic analysis of a sample of blood)

chorionic villus biopsy; chorionic villus sampling (a prenatal test to detect birth defects at an early stage of pregnancy; tissue from the chorionic villi is assayed)

needle biopsy (biopsy of deep tissue that is obtained through a hollow needle)

 II. (verb) 

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Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb biopsy

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 Context examples: 

This procedure may be done at the same time as a bone marrow biopsy.

(Bone marrow aspiration, NCI Dictionary)

Your doctor uses imaging tests and a biopsy to make the diagnosis.

(Mesothelioma, NIH: National Cancer Institute)

Doctors diagnose multiple myeloma using lab tests, imaging tests, and a bone marrow biopsy.

(Multiple Myeloma, NIH: National Cancer Institute)

Doctors use a physical exam, blood tests, imaging tests, and a biopsy to diagnose it.

(Pancreatic Cancer, NIH: National Cancer Institute)

A method used to find out the stage of cancer (amount or spread of cancer in the body) by removing tissue samples during surgery or a biopsy.

(Pathological staging, NCI Dictionary)

Doctors diagnose pemphigus with a physical exam, a biopsy, and blood tests.

(Pemphigus, NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)

TNM clinical findings are based on information obtained prior to the first definitive treatment through physical examination, diagnostic imaging, biopsy or laboratory testing.

(Ovarian Cancer Clinical TNM Finding v6, NCI Thesaurus)

They include a physical exam, a pelvic exam, lab tests, ultrasound, or a biopsy.

(Ovarian Cancer, NIH: National Cancer Institute)

Doctors may use a physical exam, lab tests, imaging tests and a muscle biopsy to diagnose myositis.

(Myositis, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

Doctors diagnose nasal cancer with imaging tests, lighted tube-like instruments that look inside the nose, and biopsies.

(Nasal Cancer, NIH: National Cancer Institute)