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Definitions for vivisect
ˈvɪv əˌsɛkt, ˌvɪv əˈsɛktvivi·sect

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. vivisectverb

    cut (a body) open while still alive

    "people no longer vivisect animals--it's considered unethical"

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  1. vivisectverb

    To perform vivisection upon; to dissect alive.

Wikipedia

  1. vivisect

    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. vivisect

    Vivisect is the process or act of surgically operating on a living organism, particularly for physiological or pathological scientific study. This term is usually associated with experiments or investigations conducted on live animals.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Vivisectverb

    to perform vivisection upon; to dissect alive

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of vivisect in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of vivisect in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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