BIOPSY Synonyms: 6 Similar and Opposite Words

biopsy

noun

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as in vivisection

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Recent Examples of biopsy The biopsy was benign, but the procedure left my patient unable to sit comfortably for weeks. —

Jordan D. Metzl, The Atlantic, 19 Feb. 2026 Our group has developed a low-power biopsy system that builds on the torsion-spring approach. —

IEEE Spectrum, 18 Feb. 2026 But Finglass felt compelled to share the results of a routine skin biopsy after a type of cancer called squamous cell carcinoma was detected on her forehead. —

Uwa Ede-Osifo, Dallas Morning News, 16 Feb. 2026 And if someone is over-diagnosed, gets a biopsy and develops an infection, that's a direct harm. —

David Oliver, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for biopsy

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vivisection

Noun

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
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