biopsy

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
biopsy /ˈbʌɪɒpsi/

▶noun (pl. biopsies) an examination of tissue taken from the body, to discover the presence, cause, or extent of a disease. ▶verb (biopsies, biopsying, biopsied) conduct a biopsy on.

– origin C19: coined in Fr. from Gk bios ‘life’ + opsis ‘sight’.

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