How to Use biopsy in a Sentence

biopsy

noun

• The meat begins with a biopsy the size of a sesame seed.
  — Gene Weingarten, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2019
• That pushed her to give me a CT scan of my chest and a biopsy.
  — Julia Sullivan, SELF, 19 June 2024
• And the scare turned out to be nothing — the biopsy came back clear.
  — Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, 13 May 2021
• Yuengling had a few things on her mind when signing up for the biopsy.
  — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2022
• In the president's case, the site of the biopsy has healed nicely, O’Connor wrote.
  — Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2023
• Maya was put through tests and a biopsy was done on her liver.
  — Washington Post, 9 July 2019
• For the biopsy, she was placed in stirrups and given a spinal epidural to numb the area.
  — Rachel E. Gross, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2022
• The doctor may want to take a biopsy of an abnormal area on the skin.
  — Anne Grauel, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 15 May 2021
• Be present for my wife in the days leading up to her kidney biopsy.
  — Nick Fuller Googins, Men's Health, 17 Aug. 2022
• And if all these were normal, the next step would be a bone-marrow biopsy.
  — New York Times, 18 Feb. 2021
• The lump turned into a scan, and the scan that turned into a biopsy–no–three biopsies.
  — Jessica Boudreaux, SPIN, 2 June 2022
• The next day, a doctor called with the results of her kidney biopsy.
  — The Philadelphia Inquirer, oregonlive, 27 Aug. 2020
• The time from the biopsy to the implantation is about four to six weeks, Atala said.
  — Kristen Rogers, CNN, 10 June 2022
• After the biopsy, Sylvia soon learned that doctors had found a melanoma.
  — Serena Coady, SELF, 18 Apr. 2022
• Thinking the spot on his ear could be basal cell again, a biopsy was taken.
  — Hannah Kirby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2019
• He was scheduled for a biopsy and a spinal tap—last-ditch efforts to find the source of his illness.
  — Zoya Teirstein, Wired, 25 Sep. 2021
• The tool should increase the odds a biopsy is successful, Sloan said.
  — Evan MacDonald, cleveland, 19 Mar. 2021
• The doctors could tell something was wrong and did a biopsy, according to The Sun.
  — Gabrielle Sorto, Teen Vogue, 7 Sep. 2018
• The next step would have to be a bone-marrow biopsy, Rajguru said.
  — New York Times, 30 Sep. 2021
• Younger women tend to have denser breasts, which can result in more biopsies.
  — Christina Ruffini, CBS News, 30 Oct. 2023
• The biopsy came back positive for melanoma, a form of skin cancer.
  — Jon Becker, The Mercury News, 14 June 2019
• Brody, the oldest of the trio, had been declared cancer-free after a biopsy.
  — Lia Picard New York Times, Star Tribune, 9 Apr. 2021
• But the biopsy was delayed from April to May, and then to September, due to staff shortages.
  — Se Eun Gong, NPR, 15 Sep. 2024
• There are some types of cancers where a biopsy has a higher risk of causing spread.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 10 July 2021
• In a matter of days I would be asked to return for an ultrasound and then a biopsy.
  — Eva Crawford, Glamour, 27 Oct. 2020
• The doctors in Texas were studying part of the tissue from Peter's lung biopsy.
  — jsonline.com, 29 Apr. 2022
• This may include blood tests, imaging, and a taking a biopsy of the tumor.
  — Texas A&m University, Chron, 24 Oct. 2020
• The researchers will use a skin-punch biopsy to collect skin tissue, and a nasal swab to collect a sample from the nose.
  — Evan MacDonald, cleveland, 29 July 2021
• But the mammogram showed something that led to an ultrasound, followed by a biopsy.
  — Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 2 Oct. 2024
• Scanners allow doctors to see growths in much greater detail nowadays, which allows for diagnosis in some cases without a biopsy.
  — Linda Carroll, TIME, 5 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Nov 2024