Biopsy with intent!: An excisional biopsy is a biopsy where the lesion is also excised or removed. When people here the word biopsy, they usually think that just a small sampling of the lesion will be obtained. However, there are times when its more appropriate to remove the whole lesion and send it to pathology.
Taurine is named after the Latin taurus (a cognate of the Greek ÏÎ±á¿¦ÏÎ¿Ï) which means bull or ox, as it was first isolated from ox bile in 1827 by German scientists Friedrich Tiedemann and Leopold Gmelin.
Taurus is used chiefly in the English language and it is derived from Latin origins. The name is of the meaning bull. The name Taura (English) is the female form of Taurus. Taurean, Taurin, Taurino, Taurinus, Tauris, Tauro, and Toro are variants of Taurus. Taurus is unusual as a baby name for boys.