vivisection

English

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Etymology

Latin vivus alive + English section: compare French vivisection. See vivid, and section

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈvɪvɪsɛkʃən/ X-SAMPA: /"vIvIsEkS@n/

Noun

vivisection (plural vivisections)

1. The action of cutting, surgery or other invasive treatment of a living organism for the purposes of physiological or pathological scientific investigation.

Translations

The action of invasive treatment of a living organism for scientific investigation

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 活體解剖 (cmn), 活体解剖 (cmn) (huótǐ jiěpōu)

• Dutch: vivisectie (nl) f
• Esperanto: vivisekcio (eo)
• French: vivisection (fr) f
• German: Vivisektion (de) f

• Greek: ζωοτομία (el) (zootomía) f 
• Hungarian: elevenboncolás (hu)
• Japanese: 生体解剖 (ja) (せいたいかいぼう, seitaikaibō)
• Korean: 생체 해부 (ko) (saengche haebu) (生體解剖 (ko))
• Russian: вивисекция (ru) (vivisékcija) f 

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French

Noun

vivisection f (plural vivisections)

1. Vivisection.