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Estimating these numbers is difficult because many people have no symptoms, a diagnosis requires a kidney biopsy, and screening and access to care vary.
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Brandi Jones, Health, 15 Jan. 2026
IgA nephropathy cannot be definitively diagnosed without a kidney biopsy.
—Md Published, Verywell Health, 12 Jan. 2026
There are a few tests, including a corneal razor scraping, swabbing or biopsy that can be processed in a lab via culturing or a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test, which diagnose based on the organism’s genetic information, experts said.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 10 Jan. 2026
More importantly, the endometrial cells used to build the model could be obtained from a single biopsy, and the system was also compatible with cells collected non-invasively from menstrual blood.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 10 Jan. 2026
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Brandi Jones, Health, 15 Jan. 2026
IgA nephropathy cannot be definitively diagnosed without a kidney biopsy.
—Md Published, Verywell Health, 12 Jan. 2026
There are a few tests, including a corneal razor scraping, swabbing or biopsy that can be processed in a lab via culturing or a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test, which diagnose based on the organism’s genetic information, experts said.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 10 Jan. 2026
More importantly, the endometrial cells used to build the model could be obtained from a single biopsy, and the system was also compatible with cells collected non-invasively from menstrual blood.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 10 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for biopsy
vivisection
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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 15 Feb. 2026.
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