biopsy

English Thesaurus

1. examination of tissues or liquids from the living body to determine the existence or cause of a disease (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	diagnostic assay, diagnostic test,
definition	:	an assay conducted for diagnostic purposes (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	blood test,
definition	:	a serologic analysis of a sample of blood (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	chorionic villus biopsy, chorionic villus sampling,
definition	:	a prenatal test to detect birth defects at an early stage of pregnancy; tissue from the chorionic villi is assayed (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	needle biopsy,
definition	:	biopsy of deep tissue that is obtained through a hollow needle (noun.cognition)