"biopsy" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbaɪɑpsi/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-biopsy.wav [Southern-England] Forms: biopsies [plural]
Etymology: From French biopsie, from Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”) + ὤψ (ṓps, “eye”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|biopsie}} French biopsie, {{der|en|grc|βίος||life}} Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”), {{m|grc|ὤψ||eye}} ὤψ (ṓps, “eye”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} biopsy (plural biopsies)
  1. The removal and examination of a sample of tissue, cells, or bodily fluid from a living body for diagnostic purposes. Derived forms: cone biopsy, needle aspiration biopsy Translations (removal and examination of a sample of tissue for diagnostic purposes): biòpsia [feminine] (Catalan), 活組織檢查 (Chinese Mandarin), 活组织检查 (huózǔzhī jiǎnchá) (Chinese Mandarin), 活檢 (Chinese Mandarin), 活检 (huójiǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), 切片檢查 (Chinese Mandarin), 切片检查 (qiēpiàn jiǎnchá) (Chinese Mandarin), biopsie [feminine] (Czech), biopsi [common-gender] (Danish), biopsia (Finnish), biopsie (French), biopsia [feminine] (Galician), Biopsie [feminine] (German), biopszia (Hungarian), szövettani mintavétel (Hungarian), vefsýnitaka [feminine] (Icelandic), bithóipse [feminine] (Irish), biopsia [feminine] (Italian), biopsja [feminine] (Polish), biopsia [feminine] (Portuguese), biópsia [feminine] (Portuguese), биопси́я (biopsíja) [feminine] (Russian), biopsia [feminine] (Slovak), biopsia [feminine] (Spanish), vävnadsprovtagning [common-gender] (Swedish), biopsi [common-gender] (Swedish), vävnadsprov [neuter] (Swedish), surimbuhay (Tagalog), biyopsi (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-biopsy-en-noun-Zbb00oqR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31

Verb

IPA: /ˈbaɪɑpsi/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-biopsy.wav [Southern-England] Forms: biopsies [present, singular, third-person], biopsying [participle, present], biopsied [participle, past], biopsied [past]
Etymology: From French biopsie, from Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”) + ὤψ (ṓps, “eye”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|biopsie}} French biopsie, {{der|en|grc|βίος||life}} Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”), {{m|grc|ὤψ||eye}} ὤψ (ṓps, “eye”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} biopsy (third-person singular simple present biopsies, present participle biopsying, simple past and past participle biopsied)
  1. To take a sample (a biopsy) for pathological examination. Related terms: biopsic, bioptic Translations (to take a sample for pathological examination): 活組織檢查 (Chinese Mandarin), 活组织检查 (huózǔzhī jiǎnchá) (Chinese Mandarin), 活檢 (Chinese Mandarin), 活检 (huójiǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), 切片檢查 (Chinese Mandarin), 切片检查 (qiēpiàn jiǎnchá) (Chinese Mandarin), tehdä biopsia (Finnish), ottaa koepala (Finnish), biopsiar (Galician), biopsieren (German), biopsziát végez (Hungarian), szövetmintát vesz (Hungarian), taka vefsýni (Icelandic), unuhanga pota (Maori), biopsiar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-biopsy-en-verb-EPtG2-U2

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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "removal and examination of a sample of tissue for diagnostic purposes",
      "word": "活檢"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "huójiǎn",
      "sense": "removal and examination of a sample of tissue for diagnostic purposes",
      "word": "活检"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "removal and examination of a sample of tissue for diagnostic purposes",
      "word": "切片檢查"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qiēpiàn jiǎnchá",
      "sense": "removal and examination of a sample of tissue for diagnostic purposes",
      "word": "切片检查"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "removal and examination of a sample of tissue for diagnostic purposes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "biopsie"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "removal and examination of a sample of tissue for diagnostic purposes",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "biopsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "removal and examination of a sample of tissue for diagnostic purposes",
      "word": "biopsia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "removal and examination of a sample of tissue for diagnostic purposes",
      "word": "biopsie"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "removal and examination of a sample of tissue for diagnostic purposes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "biopsia"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "removal and examination of a sample of tissue for diagnostic purposes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Biopsie"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "removal and examination of a sample of tissue for diagnostic purposes",
      "word": "biopszia"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "removal and examination of a sample of tissue for diagnostic purposes",
      "word": "szövettani mintavétel"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "removal and examination of a sample of tissue for diagnostic purposes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vefsýnitaka"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "removal and examination of a sample of tissue for diagnostic purposes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bithóipse"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "removal and examination of a sample of tissue for diagnostic purposes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "biopsia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "removal and examination of a sample of tissue for diagnostic purposes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "biopsja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "removal and examination of a sample of tissue for diagnostic purposes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "biopsia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "removal and examination of a sample of tissue for diagnostic purposes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "biópsia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "biopsíja",
      "sense": "removal and examination of a sample of tissue for diagnostic purposes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "биопси́я"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "removal and examination of a sample of tissue for diagnostic purposes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "biopsia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "removal and examination of a sample of tissue for diagnostic purposes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "biopsia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "removal and examination of a sample of tissue for diagnostic purposes",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "vävnadsprovtagning"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "removal and examination of a sample of tissue for diagnostic purposes",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "biopsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "removal and examination of a sample of tissue for diagnostic purposes",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vävnadsprov"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "removal and examination of a sample of tissue for diagnostic purposes",
      "word": "surimbuhay"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "removal and examination of a sample of tissue for diagnostic purposes",
      "word": "biyopsi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "biopsy"
}

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    }
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to take a sample for pathological examination",
      "word": "活組織檢查"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "huózǔzhī jiǎnchá",
      "sense": "to take a sample for pathological examination",
      "word": "活组织检查"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to take a sample for pathological examination",
      "word": "活檢"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "huójiǎn",
      "sense": "to take a sample for pathological examination",
      "word": "活检"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to take a sample for pathological examination",
      "word": "切片檢查"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qiēpiàn jiǎnchá",
      "sense": "to take a sample for pathological examination",
      "word": "切片检查"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to take a sample for pathological examination",
      "word": "tehdä biopsia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to take a sample for pathological examination",
      "word": "ottaa koepala"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to take a sample for pathological examination",
      "word": "biopsiar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to take a sample for pathological examination",
      "word": "biopsieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to take a sample for pathological examination",
      "word": "biopsziát végez"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to take a sample for pathological examination",
      "word": "szövetmintát vesz"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to take a sample for pathological examination",
      "word": "taka vefsýni"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to take a sample for pathological examination",
      "word": "unuhanga pota"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to take a sample for pathological examination",
      "word": "biopsiar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "biopsy"
}

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