vivisection

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[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Pronunciation

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

[edit] Noun

Singular
vivisection

Plural
vivisections

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.

[edit] Translations

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

[edit] French

[edit] Noun

vivisection m. (plural vivisections)

  1. Vivisection.
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