Usually means: Surgical removal of tissue sample.
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General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. biopsy: Merriam-Webster
  2. biopsy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. biopsy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. biopsy: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. Biopsy, biopsy: Wordnik
  7. biopsy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. biopsy: Wiktionary
  9. biopsy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. biopsy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. biopsy: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. biopsy: Dictionary.com
  13. biopsy: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. biopsy: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Biopsy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. biopsy: Rhymezone
  17. biopsy: FreeDictionary.org
  18. biopsy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. biopsy: TheFreeDictionary.com
  20. biopsy: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. Biopsy: Health & Beauty Glossary

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  1. Biopsy: Glossary of Health Care Terms

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  1. biopsy: Encyclopedia

Medicine (34 matching dictionaries)
  1. biopsy: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Biopsy: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  7. Breast Cancer Talking Dictionary (No longer online)
  8. Biopsy: Merck Manuals
  9. Digestive Diseases Dictionary (No longer online)
  10. Biopsy: MedFriendly Glossary
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  17. biopsy: Prostate Cancer Interactive Glossary
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  21. Biopsy: Scleroderma
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  23. Biopsy: Glossary of Lymphoma Terms
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  25. Biopsy: MEDLINE plus Illustrated Medical Encyclopedia
  26. biopsy: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  27. biopsy: Parents' Common Sense Encyclopedia
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  30. biopsy: Medical dictionary
  31. Inflammatory Bowel Disease Glossary (No longer online)
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  33. Biopsy: Drug Medical Dictionary
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Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Biopsy: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Biopsy: Beauty & Health Glossary
  2. Washington State Definitions and Abbreviations of Vetrinary Terms (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  The removal and examination of a sample of tissue, cells, or bodily fluid from a living body for diagnostic purposes.
verb:  To take a sample (a biopsy) for pathological examination.

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