as in vivisection
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Recent Examples of biopsy
The National Cancer Institute said prostate biopsies can be assigned a Gleason score to determine how likely the cancer is to grow and spread.
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Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 19 May 2025
The test is intended as a next generation of diagnostics, enabling more accurate diagnosis than the current standard, fluorescence in situ hybridization, without requiring the painful intrusion of a bone marrow biopsy.
—Alex Knapp, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
When leg muscle biopsies were taken at the end of the trial, and compared to samples before the experiment commenced, lead researcher Nicholas Burd was surprised by the results.
—New Atlas, 24 Apr. 2025
While access to mammography, biopsies and modern treatments has become routine in wealthier nations, many women in low-resource settings still face long delays, limited treatment options and stigma around the disease.
—Lisa Falco, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
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Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 19 May 2025
The test is intended as a next generation of diagnostics, enabling more accurate diagnosis than the current standard, fluorescence in situ hybridization, without requiring the painful intrusion of a bone marrow biopsy.
—Alex Knapp, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
When leg muscle biopsies were taken at the end of the trial, and compared to samples before the experiment commenced, lead researcher Nicholas Burd was surprised by the results.
—New Atlas, 24 Apr. 2025
While access to mammography, biopsies and modern treatments has become routine in wealthier nations, many women in low-resource settings still face long delays, limited treatment options and stigma around the disease.
—Lisa Falco, Forbes.com, 19 May 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 5 Jun. 2025.
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