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microbiopsy

microbiopsy noun: very small-scale biopsy.

Noun

microbiopsy (plural microbiopsies)

  1. Very small-scale biopsy
    • (2005) [ 27 ] have developed a rotational microbiopsy module which has been integrated into a WCE specifically to perform a biopsy of the small intestines.2015 July 15, Stephen Woods, Timothy Constandinou, “Engineering Micromechanical Systems for the Next Generation Wireless Capsule Endoscopy”, in BioMed Research International, volume 2015, →DOI

Forms of microbiopsy

pluralmicrobiopsies

Origin of microbiopsy

From micro- + biopsy.

Questions about microbiopsy

What does microbiopsy mean?
Microbiopsy means very small-scale biopsy.
What part of speech is microbiopsy?
Microbiopsy is a noun.
What is the plural of microbiopsy?
The plural of microbiopsy is microbiopsies.

Words near microbiopsy in the dictionary

  1. microbions
  2. microbiont
  3. microbionts
  4. microbiophobia
  5. microbiopsies
  6. microbiopsy
  7. microbioreactor
  8. microbioreactors
  9. microbiosensor
  10. microbiosensors
  11. microbiosis

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