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Vivisection

Vivisection (Latin vivus – live + lat. sectio – a section; synonym: a zhivosecheniye) – implementation of operations on live animals with the research purpose, for example, for development of ways of surgical treatment, for a research of functions of an organism.

 
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The American scientists made experiments on mice and came to a conclusion that water-melon juice prevents development of atherosclerosis of vessels. One group of mice drank usual water, and the second – water-melon juice. As a result vessels of the second group were free from cholesteric plaques.