the process of removing and examining tissue from the body of somebody who is ill, in order to find out more about their disease Topics Medicinec2活组织检查(从身体取下细胞或组织进行检验) Oxford Collocations DictionaryBiopsy is used before these nouns:- procedure
- sample
- bowel
- liver
- …
Word Originlate 19th cent.: coined in French from Greek bios ‘life’ + opsis ‘sight’.