as in vivisection
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Recent Examples of biopsy
Skin biopsies involve a healthcare provider taking a small sample of skin for further examination.1312
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Atopic dermatitis is a skin condition that typically develops during childhood but can also occur later in life.
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Suchandrima Bhowmik, Health, 29 Apr. 2025
Her lymph nodes swelled constantly, but biopsies showed no cancer.
—David Oliver, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
The harms behind additional screening could include subsequent testing, such as biopsies, and exposure to more radiation if follow-up X-rays are ordered.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 22 Apr. 2025
He has been hospitalized twice for biopsies, doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston said.
—Roni Caryn Rabin, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
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Suchandrima Bhowmik, Health, 29 Apr. 2025
Her lymph nodes swelled constantly, but biopsies showed no cancer.
—David Oliver, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
The harms behind additional screening could include subsequent testing, such as biopsies, and exposure to more radiation if follow-up X-rays are ordered.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 22 Apr. 2025
He has been hospitalized twice for biopsies, doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston said.
—Roni Caryn Rabin, New York Times, 11 Apr. 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 25 May. 2025.
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