vivisection
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English
Etymology
From Latin vīvus (“alive”) + sectiō (“cutting”). Compare French vivisection. See also vivid and section.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌvɪ.vɪˈsɛk.ʃən/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛkʃən
- Hyphenation: vi‧vi‧sec‧tion
Noun
vivisection (countable and uncountable, plural vivisections)
- The act or instance of cutting, surgery, or other invasive treatment of a living organism for the purposes of physiological or pathological scientific investigation.
Translations
act of invasive treatment of a living organism
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French
Pronunciation
Noun
vivisection f (plural vivisections)
Further reading
- “vivisection”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.