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Definitions for vivisection
ˌvɪv əˈsɛk ʃənvivi·sec·tion

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. vivisectionnoun

    the act of operating on living animals (especially in scientific research)

Wiktionary

  1. vivisectionnoun

    The action of cutting, surgery or other invasive treatment of a living organism for the purposes of physiological or pathological scientific investigation.

  2. Etymology: vivus alive + English section: compare French vivisection. See vivid, and section

Wikipedia

  1. Vivisection

    Vivisection (from Latin vivus 'alive', and sectio 'cutting') is surgery conducted for experimental purposes on a living organism, typically animals with a central nervous system, to view living internal structure. The word is, more broadly, used as a pejorative catch-all term for experimentation on live animals by organizations opposed to animal experimentation, but the term is rarely used by practising scientists. Human vivisection, such as live organ harvesting, has been perpetrated as a form of torture.

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  1. vivisection

    Vivisection refers to the practice of performing operations on live animals for the purpose of experimentation or scientific research. This often involves invasive procedures such as cutting open or dissection to study physiological processes. It has been a controversial subject due to concerns about animal welfare and ethics.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Vivisectionnoun

    the dissection of an animal while alive, for the purpose of making physiological investigations

  2. Etymology: [L. vivus alive + E. section: cf. F. vivisection. See Vivid, and Section.]

Wikidata

  1. Vivisection

    Vivisection is defined as surgery conducted for experimental purposes on a living organism, typically animals with a central nervous system, to view living internal structure. The term is sometimes more broadly defined as any experimentation on live animals The term is often used by organizations opposed to animal experimentation but is rarely used by practicing scientists. Human vivisection has been perpetrated as a form of torture.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Vivisection

    viv-i-sek′shun, n. the practice of making operations or painful experiments on living animals, for the purposes of physiological research or demonstration.—v.t. Vivisect′, to practise vivisection on.—adj. Vivisec′tional.—ns. Vivisec′tionist, one who practises or defends vivisection; Vivisec′tor, one who practises vivisection; Vivisectō′rium, a place for vivisection. [L. vivus, alive, sectiosecāre, to cut.]

The Roycroft Dictionary

  1. vivisection

    Blood-lust, screened behind the sacred name of Science.

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Vivisection

    The cutting of or surgical operation on a living animal, usually for physiological or pathological investigation. (from Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dict, 10th ed)

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of vivisection in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of vivisection in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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