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Recent Examples of cyst
But that was foisted on the 6-foot-1 guard anyway after a bone cyst was found on his left femur in the fall.
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Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
The ultrasound revealed a cyst on my ovary that the doctor said needed to be removed right away.
—Katrina Martin, Health, 4 Mar. 2025
Branchial cleft cysts are sacs filled with fluid found in the neck and can appear as lumps or swelling under the skin.
—Matias Grez, CNN, 17 Oct. 2024
Branchial cleft cysts are small sacs filled with fluid that look like lumps under the skin on the side of the neck, according to the Cleveland Clinic.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 16 Oct. 2024
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Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
The ultrasound revealed a cyst on my ovary that the doctor said needed to be removed right away.
—Katrina Martin, Health, 4 Mar. 2025
Branchial cleft cysts are sacs filled with fluid found in the neck and can appear as lumps or swelling under the skin.
—Matias Grez, CNN, 17 Oct. 2024
Branchial cleft cysts are small sacs filled with fluid that look like lumps under the skin on the side of the neck, according to the Cleveland Clinic.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 16 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cyst
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Inspired by the tubercles on the humpback whale's flippers, BlueNav's Whale Design propeller uses a series of bumps along the edge meant to channel water in such a way that increases thrust and improves efficiency.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
28 Jan. 2025
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However, popping Montgomery tubercles may cause infections.—
Dr. Roshini Raj,
Health,
26 May 2023
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But now, any enterprising gamer can witness the trilogy in full, warts and all.—
Luke Winkie,
Vulture,
1 Apr. 2025
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Child: Cupids in Renaissance art and one’s own—warts and wonder and all.—
airmail.news,
airmail.news,
8 Mar. 2025
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Chronic rhinosinusitis without nasal polyps (CRSsNP) is long-term inflammation of the sinuses and nasal passages.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Health,
5 Mar. 2025
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Sugimoto was also able to successfully raise the species from the polyp stage, an early phase of development, marking the first time that stage had been identified for the entire Orchistoma genus, according to the NOAA.—
Lauren Liebhaber,
Miami Herald,
5 Mar. 2025
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He was diagnosed in early 2023 at Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital in Palos Park with an aggressive form of bladder cancer known as muscle-invasive high-grade urothelial carcinoma after noticing blood in his urine.—
Melinda Moore,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Mar. 2025
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In her blog, Greenwood explained that on September 12, 2024, she was diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma — a type of breast cancer that originates in the milk ducts and spreads to the surrounding tissue — after a mass was discovered on her right breast.—
Vanessa Etienne,
People.com,
18 Mar. 2025
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Over the last five months, Coulier has been battling stage 3 non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.—
Sara Vallone,
Miami Herald,
1 Apr. 2025
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The 65-year-old was diagnosed with stage 3 non-Hodgkin lymphoma last year.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2025
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Liquid biopsies must detect cancer early, differentiate between malignancies and avoid the pitfalls of false positives and negatives.—
Mariya Filipova,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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Just as with labels on cigarettes, America's top doctor is calling for cancer risk warnings on alcohol after a report cites studies linking alcoholic beverages to more than a half-dozen malignancies, including breast cancer.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA TODAY,
3 Jan. 2025
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Like Monaghan, who was diagnosed with melanoma in 2007, White is also an advocate for skin health.—
Emily Blackwood,
People.com,
17 Mar. 2025
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In a landmark trial published in 2021, oncologists at several cancer centers across the U.S. and in Israel gave fecal transplants to 10 patients with metastatic melanoma to try and improve their responses to PD-1 inhibitors.—
David Cox,
NBC News,
14 Mar. 2025
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Jay North, known for his role as Dennis Mitchell in Sixties sitcom Dennis the Menace, died Sunday after a battle with cancer, Variety reports.—
Althea Legaspi,
Rolling Stone,
6 Apr. 2025
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Symptoms Parents Should Look Out For Neuroblastoma is a cancer that arises from immature nerve cells.—
John W. Dean,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Apr. 2025
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“Cyst.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cyst. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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