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Guinea pig   /gˈɪni pɪg/   Listen
Guinea pig

noun
1.
A person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation.  Synonyms: case, subject.  "The cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities"
2.
Stout-bodied nearly tailless domesticated cavy; often kept as a pet and widely used in research.  Synonym: Cavia cobaya.






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"Guinea pig" Quotes from Famous Books



... the psychosis at a time when we believe emotions to be absent or greatly reduced in their intensity. The recent work of Papanicolaou and Stockard[9] offers a simple explanation for this phenomenon. They have shown that in the guinea pig the oestrous cycle can be delayed by starvation, while in weaker animals a period may be suppressed completely. When one considers that even with the greatest care the nutrition of tube-fed patients is bound to be poor, it would be only natural to suppose that this malnutrition would cause such a ...
— Benign Stupors - A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type • August Hoch



Words linked to "Guinea pig" :   somebody, mortal, someone, case, soul, person, individual, cavy



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