vivisection
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When, in 1628, William Harvey published “De Motu Cordis,” his theory of the circulation of blood, he relied on vivisections of dogs and sheep.
From New York Times • Aug. 2, 2023
The Belgian-born Mr. van Hove, perhaps the most unlikely artist ever to become a hot Broadway director, is famed for his onstage vivisections of classic films.
From New York Times • Feb. 13, 2019
Among their more noteworthy vivisections were Thompson’s 37-point quarter against the Sacramento Kings and Curry’s game-winner against the Oklahoma City Thunder, a moment that gave Mike Breen glossolalia.
From Slate • Oct. 31, 2018
Those were the Super Bowls that locked themselves into our memory, those ritualistic vivisections of far lesser teams.
From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2017
And this statement may mean nothing whatever, so far as concerns the painlessness of these vivisections.
From An Ethical Problem Or, Sidelights upon Scientific Experimentation on Man and Animals by Leffingwell, Albert
Vocabulary lists containing vivisection
Dracula
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"Wuthering Heights" by Emily Bronte, Chapters 27–30
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