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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
biopsy
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
antral
▪ Invitro gastric antral biopsies were stimulated by vortex mixing and eicosanoid measurements determined by radioimmunoassay.
▪ Another of the antral biopsy specimens was Gram stained and cultured.
▪ Endoscopic gastric antral biopsy specimens were also obtained for urease activity, culture, and histology.
▪ The antral biopsy specimens were fixed in formalin and processed routinely.
▪ The peptic activity of antral biopsies was determined in all 122 patients.
colonic
▪ The patients were given supplementation for one month and colonic biopsy specimens were taken before and at the end of the trial.
▪ Figure 2 illustrates lysozyme mRNA in a colonic biopsy specimen from a patient with longstanding ulcerative colitis.
▪ In colonic biopsy specimens from normal and colitic controls inappropriate staining is less evident.
▪ We showed that luminol enhanced chemiluminescence from colonic mucosa biopsy specimens is increased in patients with ulcerative colitis.
duodenal
▪ Another patient had severe inflammation and numerous granulomata on histological examination of duodenal biopsies indicating Crohn's disease of the duodenum.
▪ Decreased concentrations of activated pepsinogen were found in H pylori positive patients only. Duodenal biopsies were tested in 76 patients.
▪ The absence of a low folate value should not deter the physician from obtaining a duodenal biopsy specimen.
▪ The opportunity should be used to obtain duodenal biopsy specimens.
endoscopic
▪ All endoscopic biopsy specimens and gastrectomy material were reviewed and classified according to the proposals of Isaacson etal.
▪ Where a malignant cause for the stricture was suspected, this was excluded by endoscopic biopsies and cytological examination.
▪ The incidence of pancreatitis after endoscopic biopsy of the papilla is unknown.
▪ In the remaining seven patients the diagnosis was made after colectomy and synchronous pouch formation despite preoperative endoscopic biopsies suggesting ulcerative colitis.
gastric
▪ Patients underwent gastric endoscopy with biopsy specimens taken for determination of the histological endocrine cell status.
▪ The protein was further shown to inhibit cAMP release of gastric fundic biopsies and to prevent its stimulation by histamine.
▪ Invitro gastric antral biopsies were stimulated by vortex mixing and eicosanoid measurements determined by radioimmunoassay.
▪ Grossly normal appearing gastric biopsy specimens were taken from healthy volunteers.
▪ Repeated gastric biopsies did not show progression to a higher grade lymphoma in any of the patients.
▪ Endoscopic gastric antral biopsy specimens were also obtained for urease activity, culture, and histology.
▪ In the gastric mucosal biopsy specimens a severe phlegmonous inflammation was found.
intestinal
▪ A small intestinal biopsy specimen was taken from the third part of the duodenum, and routinely processed for histological examination.
▪ Four of the nine patients requiring a small intestinal biopsy had impaired linear growth emphasising the potential serious effects of this illness.
▪ Nine patients with Cryptosporidium, chronic diarrhoea and severe failure to thrive had a proximal small intestinal biopsy performed.
▪ In eight of the 11 patients, full thickness intestinal biopsy specimens were available for histological examination.
▪ We and others have described the histological characteristics of full thickness intestinal biopsies in patients with visceral myopathy and neuropathy.
▪ Full thickness intestinal biopsy specimens were obtained in eight of the children.
jejunal
▪ The morphometric parameters of the jejunal biopsy specimens before and after challenge were analysed by the discriminant function analysis.
▪ Linaker and Calam found coeliac disease in 12% of patients aged 65 years or over having jejunal biopsy for anaemia.
▪ The timing of the jejunal biopsies, antigliadin antibody test, and sugar intestinal permeability test is shown in Figure 1.
mucosal
▪ Six mucosal biopsy specimens were taken from the antrum and four from both the corpus and fundus of the stomach.
▪ Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and colonoscopy were macroscopically normal and mucosal biopsy specimens were obtained.
▪ Standard haematoxylin and eosin stained preparations were scored according to the inflammatory scale previously established for use in reservoir mucosal biopsy tissue.
▪ The two non-inflammatory bowel disease cultures were from mucosal biopsies, one grew spheroplasts and the other acid fast bacilli.
▪ These patients were receiving no treatment at the time of mucosal biopsy.
▪ In the gastric mucosal biopsy specimens a severe phlegmonous inflammation was found.
normal
▪ Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and colonoscopy were macroscopically normal and mucosal biopsy specimens were obtained.
▪ Grossly normal appearing gastric biopsy specimens were taken from healthy volunteers.
▪ Another patient developed a persistent hepatitis of unknown aetiology at six months followed by a normal biopsy specimen at 15 months.
▪ The other five were histologically normal colonoscopic biopsy specimens taken from children investigated for abdominal pain.
▪ The concentrations of urokinase type plasminogen activator in the duodenum resemble the quantities found in normal stomach tissue biopsy specimens.
rectal
▪ Furthermore, rectal biopsy specimens were obtained from each twin in whom sigmoidoscopy could be carried out.
▪ Sigmoidoscopy and rectal biopsy was performed at entry, day 14, and day 28.
small
▪ Four of the nine patients requiring a small intestinal biopsy had impaired linear growth emphasising the potential serious effects of this illness.
▪ Nine patients with Cryptosporidium, chronic diarrhoea and severe failure to thrive had a proximal small intestinal biopsy performed.
▪ The researchers take a small biopsy the size of a pea.
▪ Though the numbers affected are small colonoscopic biopsy and histological examination for dysplasia seems to hold no advantage over routine clinical management.
▪ A small intestinal biopsy specimen was taken from the third part of the duodenum, and routinely processed for histological examination.
■ NOUN
liver
▪ Sixteen days after liver transplantation a deterioration in liver function tests occurred and liver biopsy showed cytomegalovirus inclusion bodies.
▪ In some cases, a liver biopsy may also be done.
▪ Within 48 hours of admission, all patients underwent a haemodynamic study during transjugular liver biopsy.
Liver function tests and liver biopsy may also help in establishing the diagnosis.
▪ In four patients cirrhosis of the liver had been diagnosed at histopathological examination of liver biopsies.
▪ Plugged liver biopsies are both effective and safe when used to perform percutaneous liver biopsies in patients with impaired coagulation.
▪ A liver biopsy specimen taken from our patient shortly after reperfusion of the graft showed neutrophil infiltration.
sample
▪ Evaluating more than two biopsy samples leads to an alignment in the number of crypts required to achieve a certain precision.
▪ Briefly, each biopsy sample was washed thoroughly in three changes of diluent to remove faeces and adherent mucus.
▪ This might be as a result of the weight of endoscopy biopsy samples.
specimen
▪ A small intestinal biopsy specimen was taken from the third part of the duodenum, and routinely processed for histological examination.
▪ In the remaining patient, amyloid deposits of the jejunum were confirmed by intraoperative biopsy specimens.
▪ Patients underwent gastric endoscopy with biopsy specimens taken for determination of the histological endocrine cell status.
▪ Another of the antral biopsy specimens was Gram stained and cultured.
▪ Grossly normal appearing gastric biopsy specimens were taken from healthy volunteers.
▪ The other biopsy specimen was maintained in organ culture with or without the addition of vitamin D metabolites.
▪ A flat biopsy specimen was obtained from each of the 42 patients.
▪ The patients were given supplementation for one month and colonic biopsy specimens were taken before and at the end of the trial.
■ VERB
obtain
▪ The absence of a low folate value should not deter the physician from obtaining a duodenal biopsy specimen.
▪ In order to diagnose ovarian cancer, you have to do surgery to obtain a biopsy.
▪ The opportunity should be used to obtain duodenal biopsy specimens.
perform
▪ Plugged liver biopsies are both effective and safe when used to perform percutaneous liver biopsies in patients with impaired coagulation.
▪ At least three months post treatment endoscopy was performed and biopsies were obtained for the same procedures as above.
show
▪ Liver biopsy showed that this patient already had secondary biliary cirrhosis.
▪ Sixteen days after liver transplantation a deterioration in liver function tests occurred and liver biopsy showed cytomegalovirus inclusion bodies.
▪ This was confirmed on computed tomography and biopsy showed it to be a well differentiated hepatocellular carcinoma.
▪ Histological examination Day 3: The biopsies showed moderate to severe inter and intracellular oedema.
▪ When undertaken, renal biopsy has usually shown interstitial nephritis, although minimal change nephropathy has been reported.
▪ Again, biopsies showed only chronic inflammation.
▪ Examination round to the caecum showed no abnormality and biopsy specimens showed normal colonic mucosa.
▪ Repeated gastric biopsies did not show progression to a higher grade lymphoma in any of the patients.
take
▪ He took a biopsy of one of them.
▪ The interval between taking and freezing the biopsy specimens was less than 30 minutes.
▪ If an area of abnormality is identified a punch biopsy may be taken.
▪ The researchers take a small biopsy the size of a pea.
▪ To limit sampling error, we took multiple biopsy specimens at standardised sites.
undergo
▪ Patients underwent gastric endoscopy with biopsy specimens taken for determination of the histological endocrine cell status.
▪ Labelling indices remained essentially unchanged in those patient who underwent biopsy twice.
▪ Patients who achieved complete remission underwent endoscopy with biopsies every six months.
use
▪ There are some potential disadvantages of using biopsy specimens as opposed to epithelial cell preparations for metabolic studies.
▪ These studies show that mucosal metabolism can be assessed effectively using biopsy specimens without the need for epithelial cell purification.
▪ The opportunity should be used to obtain duodenal biopsy specimens.
▪ For the detection and typing of human papillomavirus we used cervical scrapes instead of biopsy specimens.
▪ The probability of missing a cervical infection is possibly higher when using biopsy specimens because of inevitable sampling errors.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ In 10 patients receiving combined chemotherapy and radiotherapy, the endoscopic lesions resolved and biopsy specimens were negative.
▪ Liver function tests and liver biopsy may also help in establishing the diagnosis.
▪ Temporal artery biopsy is considered the definitive test in establishing the diagnosis.
▪ The biopsies were fixed in formalin and stained with haematoxylin and eosin.
▪ The biopsies were immediately frozen at -70°C.
▪ The endoscopes were sterilised after each examination according to local standards; the biopsy forceps were sterilised by autoclaving.
▪ The other biopsy specimen was maintained in organ culture with or without the addition of vitamin D metabolites.
▪ This may partly explain the lack of change in the appearance of the duodenal mucosa on serial biopsy in this condition.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
biopsy

1895, from French biopsie, coined by French dermatologist Ernest Besnier (1831-1909) from Greek bi- comb. form of bios "life" (see bio-) + opsis "a sight" (see eye (n.)). As a verb, from 1964.

Wiktionary
biopsy

n. The removal and examination of a sample of tissue from a living body for diagnostic purposes. vb. To take a sample (a biopsy) for pathological examination.

WordNet
biopsy

n. examination of tissues or liquids from the living body to determine the existence or cause of a disease

Wikipedia
Biopsy

A biopsy is a medical test commonly performed by a surgeon, interventional radiologist, or an interventional cardiologist involving extraction of sample cells or tissues for examination to determine the presence or extent of a disease. The tissue is generally examined under a microscope by a pathologist, and can also be analyzed chemically. When an entire lump or suspicious area is removed, the procedure is called an excisional biopsy. When only a sample of tissue is removed with preservation of the histological architecture of the tissue’s cells, the procedure is called an incisional biopsy or core biopsy. When a sample of tissue or fluid is removed with a needle in such a way that cells are removed without preserving the histological architecture of the tissue cells, the procedure is called a needle aspiration biopsy. Biopsies are most commonly performed for insight into possible cancerous and inflammatory conditions.

Usage examples of "biopsy".

Local insurance associations and loan companies kept Benedict Filesthe pen a man had used to sign his contract, his snubbed-out cigarette butt, a plastex hanky with which he had mopped his brow, an object left in security, the remains of a biopsy or blood testso that Benedick could use his power against those who renege on these companies and flee, on those who break their laws.

She had a chorion biopsy, and a fetoscopy, and an alpha-fetoprotein test, and amniocentesis.

For example, one study of women undergoing gynecologic surgery indicated that the age of the patient had great diagnostic importance, and that notation of last menstrual period, biopsy of smear, pre-operative hemoglobin, and urine-sediment study were all much less important to making a diagnosis.

On Halloween night, 1989--eighteen months after the discovery of the nonmalignant fibroid--Anna found a lump near the scar tissue that had formed following the needle biopsy.

Massive bruises adorned his arms, gravestones of venipunctures, and the entirety of his right hip, where the biopsy had been performed, was an angry gathering of blue-black blood.

He sat in the waiting room of the hospital and while they were doing the biopsy on Norma he thought about time, the one thing that could not be stopped.

The biopsy had already been sent for frozen section and they were closing.

He paced so furiously, the biopsy surgeon had to ask him to sit or leave the room.

Yet his attitude about a biopsy made her appreciate the fact that surgeons viewed surgery in a fundamentally different way than patients did.

There was a remote but real possibility that the biopsy might prove to be positive for cancer.

Now that she was having a biopsy, she was even more thankful for her choice.

I only signed a consent for a biopsy and not anything more extensive like a hysterectomy.

Carpenter would have said if she told him that during her biopsy his blue eyes had reminded her of the man who had tried to kill her.

Of course the best thing about the phone conversation was learning that the cervical biopsy was normal.

Marissa had been told that her fallopian tube biopsy had been forwarded there.