Vivisection
/ˌvɪ.vɪˈsɛk.ʃən/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
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Noun
- 1 The act or instance of cutting, surgery, or other invasive treatment of a living organism for the purposes of physiological or pathological scientific investigation. countable, uncountable
- 2 the act of operating on living animals (especially in scientific research) wordnet
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Etymology
From Latin vīvus (“alive”) + sectiō (“cutting”). Compare French vivisection. See also vivid and section.