biopsy specimen

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biopsy
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbaɪ.ɒp.si/us
/ˈbaɪ.ɑːp.si/
the process of removing and examining a small amount of tissue from a sick person, in order to discover more about ...
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specimen
noun[C]
uk
/ˈspes.ə.mɪn/us
/ˈspes.ə.mɪn/
something shown or examined as an example; a ...
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The diagnosis in these patients should be conformed with a bonebiopsyspecimen.
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Diagnosis is confirmed by pathological examination of an incisionalbiopsyspecimen.
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The issue of differential diagnosis is particularly acute when the pathologist must use a smallbiopsyspecimenor cytology.
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This is most often the case when a pathologist examines a small amount of malignant cells or tissue in a cytology orbiopsyspecimen.
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However, a definitive diagnosis depends on the identification of malignant cancer cells producing cartilage in abiopsyspecimenthat has been examined by a pathologist.
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Granulomatous or vasculitic lesions are rarely found in kidney biopsy specimens.
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Evaluation of postmortem endomyocardial biopsy specimens from 38 patients with lymphocytic myocarditis: implications for the role of sampling error.
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Evaluation of postmortem endomyocardial biopsy specimens from 38 patients with lymphocytic myocarditis: implications for role of sampling error.
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The procedure provided multiple parietal pericardial biopsy specimens and pericardial fluid for investigations in all.
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The model assumes that colorectal biopsy specimens are obtained at the time of diagnosis.
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Spermatogenic cells were obtained from testicular biopsy specimens of men (average age of 34.3 + 9 years) undergoing infertility treatment because of obstructive and non-obstructive azoospermia.
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These biopsy specimens were fixed, dehydrated, embedded in wax, sectioned and stained for acid phosphatase, alkaline phosphatase and non-specific esterase.
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Progressive physical damage was observed on biopsy specimens taken at intervals, by means of biopsy forceps of a fibre optic endoscope, during the infections.
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Thus, as in the analyses described above, multiyear follow up of correlative marker studies using initial biopsy specimens in the adjuvant setting have only recently been described.
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A number of authors, however, have reported that round spermatids were identified within testicular biopsy specimens, at places at which neither elongated spermatids nor mature spermatozoa could be found.
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Localised disorders are best diagnosed by immunofluorescence of biopsy specimens.
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Skin biopsy specimens are not usually utilized, as the diagnosis of pitted keratolysis is often made by visual examination and recognition of the characteristic odor.
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The metaplasia is grossly visible through a gastroscope, but biopsy specimens must be examined under a microscope to determine whether cells are gastric or colonic in nature.
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Immunohistochemical analysis of injected-muscle biopsy specimens showed?
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