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biopsy

[bahy-op-see] / ˈbaɪ ɒp si /


NOUN
operation
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After ruling out more serious autoimmune conditions, my new dermatologist did a scalp biopsy and finally diagnosed me with fibrosing alopecia in a pattern distribution, or FAPD, in which inflammation damages hair follicles via scarring.

From Slate • May 23, 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

Each analysis included about 40 million fragments spanning thousands of genomic regions, producing an enormous dataset compared with most liquid biopsy tests.

From Science Daily • Mar. 6, 2026

A fair amount of the nun’s liver traveled up the needle and filled a biopsy syringe.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston




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