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noun

biopsy

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

In a sentence

Six example sentences with biopsy, each labelled with its topic.

  • The surgeon took a small biopsy from the edge of the lesion and sent it straight to the laboratory.

    Medicine

  • The insurer refused the claim until a biopsy confirmed the illness had begun before the policy was signed.

    Law

  • Their device shrinks the biopsy needle to the width of a hair, which clinics say patients tolerate far better.

    Startups

  • Researchers took a muscle biopsy from each cyclist's thigh and found more mitochondria after twelve weeks of intervals.

    Fitness

  • The software scans each biopsy slide overnight and flags the suspicious regions for the pathologist to check first.

    Technology

  • A small skin biopsy from each volunteer gave the lab enough cells to grow into heart tissue for testing new medicines.

    Science

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