an examination of tissue removed from a living body to discover the presence, cause, or extent of a disease 活组织检查
(biopsies, biopsying, biopsied) [with obj.]
conduct a biopsy on (tissue removed from a living body) 对(活组织)进行切片检查 the lesions may be malignant melanomas and should be biopsied. 这种器官组织损伤可能是恶性黑素瘤,应进行活组织切片检查。
语源
late 19th cent.: coined in French from Greek bios 'life' + opsis 'sight', on the pattern of necropsy