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Recent Examples of cyst
That’s where doctors found a cyst the size of an egg a few weeks before Halloween, when an unexpected trip to the emergency room turned into a life-threatening prognosis, forcing the now-three-time cancer patient into quarantine during her favorite holiday’s festivities.
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Katie Lauer, Mercury News, 4 Dec. 2025
Actress Kate Beckinsale previously revealed in 2019 that she had been hospitalized for a ruptured ovarian cyst, which forced her to miss the Screen Actors Guild Awards.
—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 1 Dec. 2025
Celebrity medium Tyler Henry is recovering after undergoing his second surgery in six months to treat a cyst growing on his brain.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 15 Nov. 2025
Tyler's medical team decided that another surgery to address the recurring cyst and swelling was the best option.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Nov. 2025
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Katie Lauer, Mercury News, 4 Dec. 2025
Actress Kate Beckinsale previously revealed in 2019 that she had been hospitalized for a ruptured ovarian cyst, which forced her to miss the Screen Actors Guild Awards.
—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 1 Dec. 2025
Celebrity medium Tyler Henry is recovering after undergoing his second surgery in six months to treat a cyst growing on his brain.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 15 Nov. 2025
Tyler's medical team decided that another surgery to address the recurring cyst and swelling was the best option.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cyst
Noun
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Williams informed Daver and Guy, who independently confirmed the existence of this femoral tubercle.—
Cody Cottier,
Scientific American,
2 Jan. 2026
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Still, months later, a quote tweet will appear at intervals highlighting a necklace, tubercle, or ice cube tray lurking in the deep space of the photo.—
Paul McAdory,
Them.,
9 Dec. 2025
Noun
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But most of these John Harbaugh-thirsty franchises have an ugly wart or two as well.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
7 Jan. 2026
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Rubbing a black snail on a wart and impailing the creature with a thorn will make the bumps go away.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
4 Dec. 2025
Noun
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In a study of more than 29,000 female nurses published this month, researchers reported that those who consumed the most ultraprocessed foods were 45% more likely to develop a certain type of precancerous colorectal polyp than those who consumed the least.—
The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Jan. 2026
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Meanwhile, a vocal cord polyp is a lesion that is usually larger in size than a nodule.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
19 Dec. 2025
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She was diagnosed with Stage 0 skin cancer, or carcinoma in situ, meaning that the cancer was on top of her skin and hadn't spread yet.—
Meredith Wilshere,
PEOPLE,
4 Jan. 2026
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The law is named for Deb Robertson, a former social worker from Lombard who had an aggressive case of neuroendocrine carcinoma.—
Sara Tenenbaum,
CBS News,
12 Dec. 2025
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Shortly after my birth, my mother was diagnosed with lymphoma, a type of cancer that science fights with valor and often victory today, but that was then a death sentence.—
Dr. Ashley Alker,
PEOPLE,
13 Jan. 2026
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Their six-year-old son successfully underwent treatment for Burkitt lymphoma at the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford Medicine in 2003, which inspired them to pay it forward, Simone said.—
Jacqueline Munis,
Fortune,
13 Jan. 2026
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An effective treatment for pancreatic cancer would represent a major advance against one of the most lethal malignancies.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
22 Dec. 2025
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The researchers will now investigate its efficacy in breast cancer, pancreatic cancer, melanoma and other malignancies, and fine tune delivery and dosage methods.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
16 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Marshall previously revealed that she was diagnosed with stage three melanoma in 2021.—
Brenton Blanchet,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
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But Bristol Myers Squibb recently earned approval for a new subcutaneous formulation of its melanoma drug Opdivo, which will help mitigate losses.—
The Motley Fool,
Dallas Morning News,
4 Jan. 2026
Noun
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All of this comes in the fresh wake of a lung-cancer scare for Manilow, who was forced to reschedule his January shows due to his stage-one diagnosis and treatment.—
Théoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Jan. 2026
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His widow, Carter, died of cancer just five weeks later, according to the Los Angeles Times.—
Nicole Briese,
PEOPLE,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Cyst.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cyst. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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