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 Definitions of vivisection  [ˌvɪv əˈsɛk ʃən]  

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Definition of 'vivisection' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) vivisection
the action of cutting into or dissecting a living body.

2.  vivisection
the practice of subjecting living animals to cutting operations, esp. in order to advance physiological and pathological knowledge.

Etymology:  (1700–10)

Definition of 'vivisection' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) vivisection
the act of operating on living animals (especially in scientific research)


Definition of 'vivisection' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) vivisection
the dissection of an animal while alive, for the purpose of making physiological investigations


Definitions of 'vivisection' The Roycroft Dictionary 

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


Definition of 'vivisection' 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)


Translation of 'vivisection' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the practice of cutting open live animals for scientific research.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: vivipaar Arabic flag Arabic: تَشْريح حَيوانات حَيَّه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: вивисекция
Brazilian flag Brazilian: dissecação Czech flag Czech: vivisekce German flag German: der Tierversuch
Danish flag Danish: vivisektion Greek flag Greek: ζωοτομία Spanish flag Spanish: vivisección
Estonian flag Estonian: vivisektsioon, eluslahkam Farsi flag Farsi: کالبد شکافی موجود زنده Finnish flag Finnish: vivisektio
French flag French: vivisection Hebrew flag Hebrew: נִיסוּי עַל בַּעֲלֵי חַיִ Hindi flag Hindi: चीरफाड़
Croatian flag Croatian: sekcija Hungarian flag Hungarian: élveboncolás Indonesian flag Indonesian: pembedahan hewan hidup un
Italian flag Italian: vivisezione Japanese flag Japanese: 生体解剖 Korean flag Korean: 생체 해부
Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: vivisekcija Latvian flag Latvian: vivisekcija Malay flag Malay: viviseksi
Dutch flag Dutch: vivisectie Norwegian flag Norwegian: viviseksjon Polish flag Polish: wiwisekcja
Persian flag Persian: کالبد شکافی موجود زنده Pashto flag Pashto: دعلمي پلټنو په غرض په ژوى Russian flag Russian: вивисекция
Slovak flag Slovak: pitva Slovenian flag Slovenian: vivisekcija Serbian flag Serbian: vivisekcija
Swedish flag Swedish: vivisektion Thai flag Thai: การผ่าตัดร่างกายสัตว์ Turkish flag Turkish: açımlama
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 活體解剖 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: вівісекція Urdu flag Urdu: زندہ جانوروں پر تجربہ کے
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sự mổ xẻ động vật sống Chinese flag Chinese: 活体解剖

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