VIVISECTION

vivisection

(noun) the act of operating on living animals (especially in scientific research)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

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



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Word of the Day

4 April 2025

GUILLOTINE

(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”


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