biopsy

生検

体の組織を少量取り、病気があるか調べる検査。

やさしい英語で： A medical test in which a small piece of body tissue is removed and checked for disease.

• The doctor recommended a biopsy.
• Her biopsy results showed no cancer.
• They took a biopsy of the suspicious lump.

使い方： a biopsy of something (A biopsy of the skin revealed an infection.)

よく使う表現： needle biopsy, perform a biopsy, biopsy results

生検する

体の組織を少量採り、病気があるか調べる。

やさしい英語で： To remove a small sample from the body and check it for disease.

• The doctor will biopsy the lump.
• They biopsied the affected skin yesterday.
• Should we biopsy this unusual growth?

よく使う表現： biopsy a lump, biopsy a tumour, biopsy the tissue