biopsy(名词):活检。指从人体组织或细胞中取出一小块样本,进行显微镜等检查,以帮助诊断疾病(尤其用于判断肿瘤是否为癌)。
The doctor ordered a biopsy to check the lump.
医生安排做活检来检查那个肿块。
After the scan, a biopsy was performed to confirm whether the abnormal cells were cancerous.
扫描后进行了活检,以确认这些异常细胞是否为癌变。
biopsy 来自希腊语词根:**bio-**(“生命”)+ -opsy(“观看、观察”),字面含义接近“观察生命组织”,引申为通过取样来观察组织以做诊断。