biopsy
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Instead, a biopsy of his bowel tissue found cancer.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
After a biopsy of a lymph node in his neck showed cancer, Vitale underwent surgery in the summer of 2024.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
But Rosie got sicker and a biopsy showed in 2024 that she did have terminal cancer.
From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026
After a week getting steroids and pain medicine at Providence St. John’s Medical Center in Santa Monica, he received the biopsy results: an extremely aggressive malignant mass was blocking blood flow to Duong’s optic nerve.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 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
Vocabulary lists containing biopsy
Words to Live By: Bio
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Common Senses: Op, Ops, Opt ("Sight")
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