vivisection
English edit
Etymology edit
Latin vīvus (“alive”) + sectiō (“cutting”): compare French vivisection. See vivid and section.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vivisection (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 edit
The action of invasive treatment of a living organism for scientific investigation
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French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vivisection f (plural vivisections)
Further reading edit
- “vivisection”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.