callisection

English

Etymology

Latin callere (“to be insensible”) + English section.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛkʃən

Noun

callisection (countable and uncountable, plural callisections)

1. (dated) painless vivisection
   • 1883, Burt Green Wilder, On the Brain of a Cat Lacking the Callosum, Preliminary Notics:

     The two kinds of vivisection, sentisection and callisection

Related terms

• sentisection

References

“callisection”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• clinoclasite