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biopsy

[bahy-op-see] / ˈbaɪ ɒp si /


NOUN
operation
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
Antonyms


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The team captured bats, collected small biopsy samples and released the animals.

From Science Daily Sep. 12, 2026

Those mutation targets are encoded into mRNA and manufactured into a vaccine—a process that takes about six weeks from the date of the biopsy.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

Eksteen said a recent contrast CT scan and bone marrow biopsy “have provided our veterinary team with important new information” but added the picture remains incomplete.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 8, 2026

When a biopsy is taken, the genetic material in the tissue degrades within hours, unless it is protected.

From BBC Jun. 18, 2026

As the first nun at Ngaliema Hospital, Sister M. E., lay dying, her doctors had decided to give her a so-called agonal biopsy.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

His histology lab receives cancer service biopsies from across the hospital for diagnosis.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

But because they screen so thoroughly, they can also lead to needless biopsies, expenses, and anxiety.

From Slate Sep. 9, 2026

No surprise, the panel agreed with him and concocted pretexts to kill the treatment—for instance, the staff opined that maybe biopsies had zapped the tumors.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

To explore whether the findings apply to people, the researchers analyzed an existing genomic dataset from human liver biopsies.

From Science Daily Apr. 16, 2026

TeLinde set out to minimize what he called “unjustifiable hysterectomies” by documenting what wasn’t cervical cancer and by urging surgeons to verify smear results with biopsies before operating.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

Consultant plastic surgeon Neil Wickham checked her face, confirmed a biopsied lump on her arm was benign, and referred her to ENT for a separate lump in her neck.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

In diagnostic testing, a pathologist examines biopsied tissues under a microscope to identify cellular abnormalities that may hint at disease.

From Science Daily Mar. 11, 2024

So McGrane and colleagues biopsied the tongue of a 6-year-old male cat that had been euthanized for health reasons unrelated to the study.

From Science Magazine Aug. 25, 2023

The “Strong Looks Better Naked” author opened up about her history with skin-cancer scares in 2016, telling then-users of her official app that she frequently has moles checked and often has to have them biopsied.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 1, 2023

I biopsied it and checked it under the microscope.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

But the laborious strategy deployed in this study — biopsying the tumor, sequencing it and then dividing the patients into mutation-guided treatments — provided few novel therapeutic inroads.

From New York Times Jun. 13, 2018

The movement today is toward biopsying 5-day embryos using microarray comparative genomic hybridization, which examines all 23 chromosome pairs and provides a more detailed picture of the entire length of the chromosomes.

From Slate Mar. 19, 2014




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