vivisection

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Recent Examples of vivisection Now, 25 years later, under the moniker Tanner Leatherstein, Yildiz is parlaying his insight into leather into an addictive TikTok presence involving entertaining vivisections of designer leather bags. Isabel Slone, Harper's BAZAAR, 7 Apr. 2023 Mary Gaitskill is a novelist, essayist, and short-story writer celebrated by readers and critics (this one included) for her uncompromising acuity and clear-eyed vivisection of our mottled human nature. Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2022 The Dangers of Animal Experimentation—for Doctors Livia Gershon Nineteenth-century opponents of vivisection warned that the practice could make researchers and physicians callous toward all living creatures. Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 16 May 2018 Or how about in District 9 where an entire alien race is subjected to squalor, neglect, and vivisection? Kyle Munkittrick, Discover Magazine, 22 Oct. 2010 See All Example Sentences for vivisection
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biopsy
Noun
  • Current tests for endometrial cancer often rely on procedures like transvaginal ultrasound and tissue biopsy to evaluate the uterine lining, methods that some women find stressfully uncomfortable.
    Dr. Chidimma J. Acholonu, ABC News, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The slides were made from routine biopsy samples of 18 tissue types donated by 919 individuals.
    Ashley Mackin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026

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“Vivisection.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vivisection. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.

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