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Recent Examples of cyst
Remington had a facial cyst at just 18 months old and specialist care helped him into remission.
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Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 June 2025
Hough detailed her highs and lows on the show, including having a cyst burst on live television.
—Dayna Haffenden, People.com, 3 June 2025
In 2017, my colleagues and I found that Toxoplasma can also form cysts in mouse prostates.
—Bill Sullivan, The Conversation, 28 May 2025
Symptoms can include excessive hair growth, irregular ovulation, and ovarian cysts.
—Ann Pietrangelo, Verywell Health, 22 Apr. 2025
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Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 June 2025
Hough detailed her highs and lows on the show, including having a cyst burst on live television.
—Dayna Haffenden, People.com, 3 June 2025
In 2017, my colleagues and I found that Toxoplasma can also form cysts in mouse prostates.
—Bill Sullivan, The Conversation, 28 May 2025
Symptoms can include excessive hair growth, irregular ovulation, and ovarian cysts.
—Ann Pietrangelo, Verywell Health, 22 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cyst
Noun
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This frog is easily recognized by the long tubercles on the sides of its body.—
GrrlScientist,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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Inspired by the tubercles on the humpback whale's flippers, BlueNav's Whale Design propeller uses a series of bumps along the edge meant to channel water in such a way that increases thrust and improves efficiency.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
28 Jan. 2025
Noun
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While some types of HPV are totally harmless, others can cause warts or cancer.—
Zahra Thompson,
SELF,
2 July 2025
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And in the 1990s, Disney had a particularly zany idea of how to tell the story of America — one that set off a culture war as the company sought to create an amusement park focused on US history, warts and all.—
Peter Balonon-Rosen,
Vox,
4 July 2025
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But anemia can also follow blood loss from ulcers, polyps, diabetes, and other causes of internal bleeding.—
Paula Span,
Miami Herald,
18 July 2025
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In many cases the polyps and even early cancers can simply be removed during a colonoscopy.—
Richard Goldberg,
Chicago Tribune,
9 June 2025
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That’s when she was diagnosed with cancer — stage 4 invasive ductal carcinoma.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
People.com,
20 July 2025
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Basal cell carcinoma is the most common type of skin cancer, which occurs most often on areas of fair skin that are exposed to the sun, including the head and neck.—
Alli Rosenbloom,
CNN Money,
16 July 2025
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The 6-2 Haley, a Vanderbilt commit from Lewisburg, Mississippi, is a cancer survivor (non-Hodgkin lymphoma) who has already had two Tommy John surgeries.—
Oc Register,
Oc Register,
15 July 2025
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Individuals who test positive for Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) capsid antigen (VCA-IgA) antibodies were found to have a higher risk of developing cancers such as lung cancer, liver cancer, nasopharyngeal carcinoma and lymphoma, according to a study shared by IARC with Newsweek.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 July 2025
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Most striking was the test’s ability to detect malignancies long considered unscreenable—pancreatic, ovarian, and others that had eluded surveillance.—
Siddhartha Mukherjee,
New Yorker,
16 June 2025
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Grail’s test identified malignancy in 1,453 of the cancer cases, missing it in 1,370.—
Siddhartha Mukherjee,
New Yorker,
16 June 2025
Noun
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Melanoma has risen over the years According to the National Cancer Institute, melanoma of the skin is the fifth-most common cancer in the U.S. Melanoma is a type of skin cancer caused by prolonged exposure to direct and indirect sunlight (such as tanning beds).—
Mariyam Muhammad,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
25 June 2025
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Mellencamp confirmed she had been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer in April after her melanoma metastasized to her brain and lungs.—
Stephanie Wenger,
People.com,
20 June 2025
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In 2012: Astronaut and physicist Sally Ride, the first U.S. woman to travel into space, died at age 61 of pancreatic cancer.—
Lorenzino Estrada,
AZCentral.com,
24 July 2025
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Chronic, long-term, regular, or cumulative exposure to ALAN may even be a risk factor for certain cancers and neurodegenerative diseases.—
Laurie Winkless,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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“Cyst.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cyst. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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