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Additional labs were drawn to rule out less serious causes, but answers ultimately depended on the biopsy results.
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Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
Her doctor ordered a mammogram, then an ultrasound, then a biopsy.
—Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 18 Oct. 2025
The approval followed results from a large phase 3 study (ESSENCE), in which weekly semaglutide led to improvements in liver inflammation without worsening scarring, as confirmed by biopsy.
—Becky Upham, EverydayHealth.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Care that might fall into this category could be a kidney stone removal, a cancer biopsy, or a cardiac valve replacement, according to a study published this year in The New England Journal of Medicine.
—Michelle Andrews, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
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Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
Her doctor ordered a mammogram, then an ultrasound, then a biopsy.
—Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 18 Oct. 2025
The approval followed results from a large phase 3 study (ESSENCE), in which weekly semaglutide led to improvements in liver inflammation without worsening scarring, as confirmed by biopsy.
—Becky Upham, EverydayHealth.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Care that might fall into this category could be a kidney stone removal, a cancer biopsy, or a cardiac valve replacement, according to a study published this year in The New England Journal of Medicine.
—Michelle Andrews, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for biopsy
vivisection
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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 3 Nov. 2025.
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