vivisection
English
editEtymology
editLatin vīvus (“alive”) + sectiō (“cutting”): compare French vivisection. See vivid and section.
Pronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌvɪvɪˈsɛkʃən/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
editvivisection (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.
Translations
editThe action of invasive treatment of a living organism for scientific investigation
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French
editPronunciation
editNoun
editvivisection f (plural vivisections)
Further reading
edit- “vivisection”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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