excisional en · ADJ
Etymology
From excision + -al.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) performed by excision
At present, no single instrument can replace excisional biopsies for obtaining information.
2001 May 18, Frank Koenig et al., “Diagnosing Cancer in Vivo”, in Science, volume 292, number 5520, →DOI, pages 1401–1403: