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aspiration 1. a. the act of breathing b. a breath 2. removal of air or fluid from a body cavity by suction 3. Med a. the sucking of fluid or foreign matter into the air passages of the body b. the removal of air or fluid from the body by suction How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Findings on fine-needle aspiration biopsy were consistent with a benign cyst. Barbara Florentine, director of pathology and laboratory services at Newhall Memorial and the head of the hospital's aspiration biopsy clinic, reviewed the slides of cells taken from the mass and concluded that Weichel had papillary thyroid cancer, a slow-growing cancer that is the most common type of thyroid cancer. Diagnosis of mycobacterial infection is performed by using mycobacterial differential skin tests and fine needle aspiration biopsy. |
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