biopsy

a medical procedure in which a small piece of tissue is removed from the body for examination to find out if there are any abnormal cells or diseases.

biopsia, examen de tejido

• have a biopsy

Collocations cancer biopsy · tissue sample

• She had to have a biopsy after the mammogram.

  Tuvieron que hacerse una biopsia después de la mamografía.

the examination of tissue taken during a biopsy procedure.

examen de tejido, análisis

• do a biopsy

Collocations pathological analysis · clinical examination

• The pathologist did the biopsy and found cancer cells.

  El patólogo realizó el examen de la biopsia y encontró células cancerosas.