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View definitions for biopsy

biopsy

noun as in examination

Strong match

noun as in going-over

noun as in operation

Strongest match

Strong match

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After a week in the hospital, a biopsy was performed and his tumor labeled as extremely aggressive, something needing immediate attention.

Targeting them for prostate biopsies and MRI scans discovered some aggressive cancers that would otherwise have gone unnoticed.

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The findings led to further investigations, and a biopsy provided by the NHS led to a diagnosis of cervical cancer in March.

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A node in his groin swelled to the size of a golf ball, so he asked his doctors to take it out and biopsy it.

He was admitted to the hospital three months later for a biopsy, a medical test to take a small sample of body tissue for examination.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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