Biopsy vs. Sample

Biopsynoun

The removal and examination of a sample of tissue, cells, or bodily fluid from a living body for diagnostic purposes.

‘We will need to perform a biopsy to determine whether the tumour is malignant or benign.’;

Samplenoun

A part or snippet of something taken or presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen

‘a blood sample’;

Biopsyverb

To take a sample (a biopsy) for pathological examination.

‘They biopsied the lump but it turned out to be non-cancerous.’;

Samplenoun

(statistics) A subset of a population selected for measurement, observation or questioning, to provide statistical information about the population.

‘"...it is possible it [the Anglo-Saxon race] might stand second to the Scandinavian countries [in average height] if a fair sample of their population were obtained." Francis Galton et al. (1883). Final Report of the Anthropometric Committee, Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, [http://galton.org/cgi-bin/searchImages/galton/search/essays/pages/galton-1883-rba-anthro-report-final_14.htm p. 269].’;

Biopsynoun

examination of tissues or liquids from the living body to determine the existence or cause of a disease

Samplenoun

(cooking) A small quantity of food for tasting, typically given away for free.

Biopsy

A biopsy is a medical test commonly performed by a surgeon, interventional radiologist, or an interventional cardiologist. The process involves extraction of sample cells or tissues for examination to determine the presence or extent of a disease.

Samplenoun

(business) A small piece of some goods, for determining quality, colour, etc., typically given away for free.

Samplenoun

(music) Gratuitous borrowing of easily recognised phases (or moments) from other music (or movies) in a recording.

Samplenoun

(obsolete) Example; pattern.

Sampleverb

(transitive) To take or to test a sample or samples of

Sampleverb

To reduce a continuous signal (such as a sound wave) to a discrete signal.

Sampleverb

To reuse a portion of (an existing sound recording) in a new piece of music.

Sampleverb

To make or show something similar to a sample.

Samplenoun

Example; pattern.

‘Thus he concludes, and every hardy knightHis sample followed.’;

Samplenoun

A part of anything presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen; as, goods are often purchased by samples.

‘I design this but for a sample of what I hope more fully to discuss.’;

Sampleverb

To make or show something similar to; to match.

Sampleverb

To take or to test a sample or samples of; as, to sample sugar, teas, wools, cloths.

Samplenoun

a small part of something intended as representative of the whole

Samplenoun

items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population

Samplenoun

all or part of a natural object that is collected and preserved as an example of its class

Sampleverb

take a sample of;

‘Try these new crackers’; ‘Sample the regional dishes’;

Samplenoun

a small part or quantity intended to show what the whole is like

‘investigations involved analysing samples of handwriting’;

Samplenoun

a small amount of a food or other commodity, especially one given to a prospective customer

‘a free sample of chewing gum’; ‘samples of products for evaluation’;

Samplenoun

a specimen taken for scientific testing or analysis

‘a urine sample’;

Samplenoun

a portion drawn from a population, the study of which is intended to lead to statistical estimates of the attributes of the whole population

‘a simple random sample of forty-five students’; ‘they shared these characteristics with other women in the sample’;

Samplenoun

a sound or piece of music created by sampling

‘piano samples’;

Sampleverb

take a sample or samples of (something) for analysis

‘bone marrow cells were sampled’;

Sampleverb

try the qualities of (food or drink) by tasting it

‘it is a chance to sample probably the widest range of wines ever assembled’;

Sampleverb

get a representative experience of

‘sample some entertaining nights out in Liverpool’;

Sampleverb

ascertain the momentary value of (an analogue signal) many times a second so as to convert the signal to digital form

‘the input signal must be sampled at twice its highest frequency’;

Sampleverb

record or extract (a small piece of music or sound) digitally for reuse as part of a composition or song

‘riffs sampled from other musicians’;