verb
- past tense and past participle of biopsy; to have removed and examined a small sample of tissue from a living body for medical diagnosis
Usage: medical
Examples
- The suspicious mole was biopsied last week.
- The doctor biopsied the lymph node to check for cancer.
- She was nervous about having the lump biopsied.
- The tissue sample was biopsied and sent to the lab.
- After the area was biopsied, we waited for the results.
- The dermatologist biopsied three different spots on his skin.