Vivisection Definition

vĭvĭ-sĕkshən, vĭvĭ-sĕk-
noun
Medical research consisting of surgical operations or other experiments performed on living animals.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Vivisection

Noun

Singular:
vivisection
Plural:
vivisections

Origin of Vivisection

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

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin vīvus alive vivify (dis)section

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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