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A small tissue sample is examined under a microscope to find out whether disease is present.
means The removal of a small sample of tissue from a living body so it can be examined under a microscope for signs of disease.
from Built from Greek bios ('life') and opsis ('a sight, a viewing'), so the word literally means 'to view the living.' It was coined in the 19th century by French dermatologist Ernest Besnier, giving doctors a precise term for examining living tissue rather than waiting for an autopsy — the much older word built the same way, but with autos ('self') in place of bios, meaning 'to see for oneself.'
- etymology
- greek for view of living tissue
- irony
- causes a wound to detect a worse one
- liquid version
- blood test can spot tumor dna now
- waiting period
- results often take longer than the procedure