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vivisectionist definition

vivi·sec·tion·ist (-ist)

noun

  1. a person who practices vivisection
  2. a person who advocates or defends vivisection as essential to scientific progress

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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