Biopsy
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late 19th century: coined in French from Greek bios ‘life’ + opsis ‘sight’, on the pattern of necropsy .
wiktionary
From French biopsie, from Ancient Greek βίος(bíos, “life”) + ὤψ(ṓps, “eye”).
etymonline
biopsy (n.)
"examination of tissue removed from a living body," 1895, from French biopsie, coined by French dermatologist Ernest Besnier (1831-1909) from Greek bi-, combining form of bios "life" (from PIE root *gwei- "to live") + opsis "a sight" (from PIE root *okw- "to see"). As a verb, from 1964.
