Biopsy

/ba‍ɪˈɒpsi/

/ˈbaɪɑpsi/

[noun]

Biopsy

[NOUN]

the process of removing and analyzing tissue from the body of a sick person to learn more about their condition

Examples

1. Bone marrow biopsy can show an increase in hematopoietic cell numbers in early myelofibrosis or a decrease in hematopoietic cell numbers and fibrosis later in the process.

2. The biopsy would cause an aneurysm or a bleed.

3. You did the biopsy.

4. We can biopsy that tumor.