vivisection
(noun) the act of operating on living animals (especially in scientific research)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
vivisection (countable and uncountable, plural vivisections)
The action of cutting, surgery or other invasive treatment of a living organism for the purposes of physiological or pathological scientific investigation.
Source: Wiktionary
Viv`i*sec"tion, n. Etym: [L. vivus alive + E. section: cf. F. vivisection. See Vivid, and Section.]
Definition: The dissection of an animal while alive, for the purpose of making physiological investigations.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
12 March 2025
(noun) small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
