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If the tumor is inaccessible, doctors will perform a liquid biopsy via a blood test.
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Elizabeth Yuko, Flow Space, 24 Sep. 2025
When my first biopsy came back as noncancerous, everyone was confused.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
Medical providers have a wide swath of imaging options to help peer inside a patient’s abdomen and assess a health concern—but sometimes, a deeper dive is needed in the form of a biopsy.
—IEEE Spectrum, 18 Sep. 2025
Diagnosis, treatment and prevention Hepatitis B can be diagnosed through blood tests, imaging tests like an elastography of the liver tissue or a liver biopsy.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2025
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Elizabeth Yuko, Flow Space, 24 Sep. 2025
When my first biopsy came back as noncancerous, everyone was confused.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
Medical providers have a wide swath of imaging options to help peer inside a patient’s abdomen and assess a health concern—but sometimes, a deeper dive is needed in the form of a biopsy.
—IEEE Spectrum, 18 Sep. 2025
Diagnosis, treatment and prevention Hepatitis B can be diagnosed through blood tests, imaging tests like an elastography of the liver tissue or a liver biopsy.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 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 30 Oct. 2025.
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