(pl. -ies)
- 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.
这些器官组织损伤可能是恶性黑素瘤, 应进行活组织切片检查。
词源
late 19th cent.: coined in French from Greek bios 'life' + opsis 'sight', on the pattern of necropsy.