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Definition: Biopsy |
BiopsyNoun1. Examination of tissues or liquids from the living body to determine the existence or cause of a disease. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | Removal and pathologic examination of specimens in the form of small pieces of tissue from the living body. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A biopsy is a medical test involving the removal of cells or tissuess for examination under a microscope.
When only a sample of tissue is removed, the procedure is called an incisional biopsy or core biopsy. When an entire lump or suspicious area is removed, the procedure is called an excisional biopsy. When a sample of tissue or fluid is removed with a needle, the procedure is called a needle biopsy or fine-needle aspiration.
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Biopsy."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Remedy | Examination, diagnosis, diagnostics; analysis, urinalysis, biopsy, radiology. |
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Crosswords: Biopsy |
| English words defined with "biopsy": chorionic villus biopsy ♦ needle biopsy. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "biopsy": biopsy specimen, Biopsy, Needle, bone marrow biopsy ♦ cone biopsy, core biopsy ♦ excisional, excisional biopsy ♦ fine-needle aspiration ♦ incisional biopsy ♦ muscular biopsy ♦ Radiography, Interventional ♦ Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy, shave biopsy, stereotactic biopsy, stereotaxis. (references) |
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 | This is a laboratory setting showing two scientists, one in a lab coat and the another in surgical garb. Both are looking through a double-headed microscope viewing biopsy tissue for presence of cancer cells.Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). |  | Patient is being prepared for surgery. An operating room is pictured with physician looking on while patient is being administered anesthetic. Several surgical attendants are also visible. Surgical biopsy is called for to determine exact nature of solid tumor.Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). |
 | Pictured is a physician using a remotely controlled endoscope. He is looking through a microscope-like eyepiece to monitor his actions while using small brushes and knives to take a biopsy.Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). |  | The patient is a 53 year old woman with metastatic melanoma to multiple subcutaneous sites and retroperitoneum. She was treated with tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) transduced with the gene for tumor necrosis factor (TNF). Pretreatment biopsy shows multiple live melanoma cells with little lymphoid infiltrate. Following treatment with TNF gene modified TILs plus interleukin-2, a biopsy of another lesion showed massive coagulative necrosis of the tumor with no viable tumor seen. This is a typical picture seen in experimental animals treated with tumor necrosis factor. This patient has had a substantial objective response that is currently ongoing at nine months following initiation of treatment.Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |
 | Shown are surgeons and a nurse performing a Thoracoscopy by which they are examining the pleural cavity by means of an Endoscope to later perform a biopsy.Credit: John Crawford (photographer). |  | Needle aspiration biopsy of lung showing yeasts of Histoplasma capsulatum. Methenamine silver stain.Credit: CDC. |
 | Histopathology of histoplasmosis in open lung biopsy. FA stain reveals numerous yeast cells of Histoplasma capsulatum.Credit: CDC. |  | The cyllindrical structures are seen in both cross and longitudinal section. Lymph node biopsy from patient with lymphadenopathy due to infection with HIV-1.Credit: CDC. |
 | Both structures are derived from endoplasmic reticulum. Capillary endothelial cell in lymph node biopsy from patient with lymphadenopathy due to infection with HIV-1.Credit: CDC. |  | Lymph node biopsy from patient with lymphadenopathy due to infection with HIV-1. Nucleus is at right.Credit: CDC. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Biopsy showed hyperkeratosis. (references) | |
Definite diagnosis relies on biopsy. (references) | ||
The doctor may also do a liver biopsy. (references) | ||
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| "Biopsy" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.12% of the time. "Biopsy" is used about 790 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.12% | 783 | 8,834 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 0.88% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Total | 100.00% | 790 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "biopsy": biopsy specimen ♦ bone marrow biopsy ♦ chorionic villus biopsy ♦ cone biopsy ♦ core biopsy ♦ excisional biopsy ♦ incisional biopsy ♦ muscular biopsy ♦ needle biopsy ♦ sentinel lymph node biopsy ♦ shave biopsy ♦ stereotactic biopsy. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
biopsy | 242 | uterus biopsy | 21 |
breast biopsy | 224 | thyroid biopsy | 21 |
endometrial biopsy | 207 | biopsy breast core | 20 |
liver biopsy | 163 | biopsy punch | 19 |
cone biopsy | 104 | breast biopsy procedure | 18 |
prostate biopsy | 96 | breast needle biopsy | 17 |
bone marrow biopsy | 70 | brush system biopsy | 16 |
lung biopsy | 53 | biopsy flexible forcep repair | 15 |
cervical biopsy | 45 | prostrate biopsy | 15 |
biopsy needle | 43 | cervix biopsy | 13 |
kidney biopsy | 37 | breast cancer biopsy | 13 |
muscle biopsy | 37 | renal biopsy | 13 |
stereotactic breast biopsy | 30 | artery biopsy temporal | 13 |
sentinel node biopsy | 29 | brain biopsy | 10 |
lymph node biopsy | 26 | liver biopsy result | 10 |
biopsy stereotactic | 25 | nerve biopsy | 10 |
uterine biopsy | 23 | biopsy kidney test | 10 |
biopsy brush | 22 | biopsy forceps | 9 |
core biopsy | 21 | testicular biopsy | 9 |
biopsy skin | 21 | biopsy node sentinal | 9 |
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| Language | Translations for "biopsy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | biopsi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فحص نسيج الجسد, إستئصال نسيج من الجسد و دراسته. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | биопсия. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 切片检查法. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | biopsie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | biopsi (byopsy, core biopsy, incisional biopsy, sample excision). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | biopsie (byopsy, core biopsy, incisional biopsy, sample excision). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | زنده بینی , ازمایش میکروسکپی بافت زنده , بافت برداری . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | biopsia (byopsy, core biopsy, incisional biopsy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | biopsie (core biopsy, incisional biopsy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Biopsie (byopsy, core biopsy, incisional biopsy, muscular biopsy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | βιοψία (byopsy, core biopsy, incisional biopsy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | "'ימת רקמות. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szövettani vizsgálat. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | biopsi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | biopsia (byopsy, core biopsy, incisional biopsy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | "検 , ハ長調 (bar, bar code, barbarism, barbecue, barbell, barber, barell, bargain, bargain sale, bargaining power, bartender, barter, base, Bayer, BBQ, Berkeley, berkelium, Berkley, Bermuda shorts, Bermuda Triangle, berth, bias, biathlon, bio, bio music, biochip, biocomputer, bioconversion, bioelectronics, bioethics, biofeedback, biogas, biography, biohazard, bioholonics, bioindustry, bioinfomatics, biomass, bionics, bioreactor, biorhythm, bioscience, biosensor, biotechnology, biotelemetry, biotron, bird carving, bird sanctuary, bird watching, birdcall, birdie, Birmingham, birth, birth control, birthday, bourbon, Burberry, burger, burlesque, burner, burn-out syndrome, burst, buying power, by, bye, C major, crowbar, Farbenfabriken Bayer Aktiengesellschaft, hair combed in stripes across a bald pate, old man who takes Viagra, scale, updating a software version, Vermont, vernier, verse, version, vertical marketing, violin, violinist, virgin, Virginia, virginity, virtual, virtual circuit, virtual reality). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | バイオプシー , せいけ" (a mature dog, administration, establishment of a constitution, political power, political views, saints and sages). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 생검. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | iopsybay biopsia (byopsy). (various references) biopsie. (various references) биопсия. (various references) biopsija. (various references) biopsia (byopsy, core biopsy, incisional biopsy, sample excision). (various references) biopsi (byopsy). (various references) การตั"เนื้อเยื่อไปตรวจ. (various references) biyopsi. (various references) біопсія. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "biopsy": biopsying. (additional references) | |
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"Biopsy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Beaupuy, bioopsy, biop, bioposy, biops, biopsie, biopsying, biopty, biopy, biosp, Biospec, Biosyn, Boissy, bopsy, byopsy. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "biopsy" (pronounced bī"Äpsē) |
| 3 | -p s ē | autopsy, bankruptcy, dropsy, epilepsy, gypsy, narcolepsy, tipsy. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-i-o-p-s-y" | |
-2 letters: bios, bops, boys, obis, piso, pois, posy, sybo, yips, yobs. | |
-3 letters: bio, bis, bop, bos, boy, bys, obi, ops, pis, poi, psi, sib, sip, sob, sop, soy, spy, yip, yob. | |
-4 letters: bi, bo, by, is, op, os, oy, pi, si, so, yo. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-i-o-p-s-y" | |
+2 letters: bioscopy, biotypes, possibly. | |
+3 letters: biopsying, polybrids. | |
+4 letters: amblyopias, biophysics, hospitably, impossibly, presbyopia, presbyopic, psilocybin. | |
+5 letters: biophysical, biopolymers, bumptiously, hyperbolist, possibility, presbyopias, presbyopics, psilocybins, responsibly. | |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... .. --- .--. ... -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01101001 01101111 01110000 01110011 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B i o p s y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0069 006F 0070 0073 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)367581828591 |
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