as in vivisection
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However, Shetty said, the new study only showed slight improvements in liver biopsies done at the end of the trial.
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Fran Kritz, Verywell Health, 7 Apr. 2025
They can be used to diagnose muscle or bone conditions, identify bone breaks or fractures, locate tumors, infection or blood clots, help guide doctors during surgeries, biopsies or radiation therapy, and find places of internal bleeding after trauma.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2025
After several visits, examinations and biopsies, he was diagnosed with drug-resistant strep throat that had attacked his lungs.
—Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 18 Apr. 2025
After six weeks of tests and biopsies, she was diagnosed with stage 4 soft cell Ewing sarcoma, a type of cancer that occurs in bones or in the soft tissue around the bones, generally affecting young adults and children, according to Mayo Clinic.
—Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 15 Apr. 2025
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Fran Kritz, Verywell Health, 7 Apr. 2025
They can be used to diagnose muscle or bone conditions, identify bone breaks or fractures, locate tumors, infection or blood clots, help guide doctors during surgeries, biopsies or radiation therapy, and find places of internal bleeding after trauma.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2025
After several visits, examinations and biopsies, he was diagnosed with drug-resistant strep throat that had attacked his lungs.
—Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 18 Apr. 2025
After six weeks of tests and biopsies, she was diagnosed with stage 4 soft cell Ewing sarcoma, a type of cancer that occurs in bones or in the soft tissue around the bones, generally affecting young adults and children, according to Mayo Clinic.
—Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 15 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 17 May. 2025.
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