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biopsy

medical test involving extraction of sample cells or tissues for examination to determine the presence or extent of a disease
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Summary

biopsy is a medical test type[1]. biopsy draws 2,953 Wikipedia views per month (medical test type category, ranking #11 of 59).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: invasive test[3], sampling[4]
  • Commons category: Biopsies[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Biopsy[6]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C15189[7]
  • Health specialty: surgery[8]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[9]

Why It Matters

biopsy has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] biopsy is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Related Entities

surgery

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). biopsy. Retrieved October 13, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/biopsy
MLA “biopsy.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 13 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/biopsy.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_biopsy_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{biopsy}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/biopsy}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-13}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → biopsy
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: biopsy, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289910343|biopsy (#289910343)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'mat"
  2. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0311652-biopsie
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0311652-biopsie, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  3. 19w ago · O Breixo · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Enciclopedia galega universal id → 86924
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Enciclopedia galega universal id: 86924"
  4. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Health specialty → surgery
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → invasive test, sampling
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ Yso id: 6704, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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