VIVISECT

vivisect

(verb) cut (a body) open while still alive; “people no longer vivisect animals--it’s considered unethical”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

vivisect (third-person singular simple present vivisects, present participle vivisecting, simple past and past participle vivisected)

(transitive) To perform vivisection upon; to dissect alive.

Source: Wiktionary


Viv"i*sect`, v. t.

Definition: To perform vivisection upon; to dissect alive. [Colloq.] Pop. Sci. Monthly.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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27 April 2025

APPROXIMATE

(adjective) not quite exact or correct; “the approximate time was 10 o’clock”; “a rough guess”; “a ballpark estimate”


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Coffee Trivia

There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.

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