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
  • The mammogram, plus additional imaging and a biopsy, revealed a diagnosis of breast cancer.
    Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Six moles were removed from his back, chest, and forehead for biopsy.
    Zach Berman, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025

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