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The most definitive way of diagnosing MASH is via a liver biopsy.
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Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
If the problem does not resolve relatively quickly then a skin scraping, needle aspirate or punch biopsy might be in order.
—Dr. John De Jong, Boston Herald, 14 Sep. 2025
Alzheimer's disease could one day be diagnosed with a simple skin biopsy instead of invasive spinal taps or expensive brain scans.
—Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
After surgery to remove the tumor, a biopsy revealed that Ni had stage III-C high-grade serous ovarian cancer, an advanced stage of ovarian cancer.
—Ciara McCarthy 9, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Sep. 2025
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Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
If the problem does not resolve relatively quickly then a skin scraping, needle aspirate or punch biopsy might be in order.
—Dr. John De Jong, Boston Herald, 14 Sep. 2025
Alzheimer's disease could one day be diagnosed with a simple skin biopsy instead of invasive spinal taps or expensive brain scans.
—Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
After surgery to remove the tumor, a biopsy revealed that Ni had stage III-C high-grade serous ovarian cancer, an advanced stage of ovarian cancer.
—Ciara McCarthy 9, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Sep. 2025
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vivisection
Noun
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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 20 Sep. 2025.
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