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Recent Examples of biopsy
These skin reactions sometimes require biopsies, topical or systemic steroids or at times, surgical removal.
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Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
What followed was a whirlwind: a week packed with appointments, scans and biopsies.
—Jordan Greene, People.com, 13 June 2025
When a man is diagnosed with a small, slow-growing, contained prostate cancer, it may be monitored for years by a urologist with more frequent PSA readings, biopsies and MRIs.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 27 May 2025
During a biopsy, the healthcare provider uses a needle to take a tissue sample from a mass to test it for cancer cells.
—Carrie Madormo, Health, 25 May 2025
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Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
What followed was a whirlwind: a week packed with appointments, scans and biopsies.
—Jordan Greene, People.com, 13 June 2025
When a man is diagnosed with a small, slow-growing, contained prostate cancer, it may be monitored for years by a urologist with more frequent PSA readings, biopsies and MRIs.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 27 May 2025
During a biopsy, the healthcare provider uses a needle to take a tissue sample from a mass to test it for cancer cells.
—Carrie Madormo, Health, 25 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for biopsy
vivisection
Noun
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In lab research, one potential concern is performing live dissections, once known as vivisection, without anesthetics or analgesics.—
Bob Fischer,
The Conversation,
4 Apr. 2025
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There certainly are other critiques of Trumpian corruption to be seen on Broadway this season, but few speak so eloquently as Mamet’s vivisection from 1983.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
31 Mar. 2025
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“Biopsy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/biopsy. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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