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Definition of: biopsy
(bī′op·sē) noun Med.
The clinical and diagnostic examination of tissue and other material excised from the living subject: opposed to autopsy, necropsy. [<BIO- + Gk. opsis sight]
—bi·op·sic (bī·op′sik) adjective
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