vivisection en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌvɪ.vɪˈsɛk.ʃən/
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Etymology
From Latin vīvus (“alive”) + sectiō (“cutting”). Compare French vivisection. See also vivid and section.
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) The act or instance of cutting, surgery, or other invasive treatment of a living organism for the purposes of physiological or pathological scientific investigation.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| vivisections | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
antivivisection · autovivisection · vivisectionist · antivivisectionism · vivisectional · provivisection
Translations (27)
ca vivisecció (act of invasive treatment of a living organism) · nl vivisectie (act of invasive treatment of a living organism) · hy կենդանահատում (act of invasive treatment of a living organism) · ta உடற்கூறாய்வு (act of invasive treatment of a living organism) · kw bewdreghyans (act of invasive treatment of a living organism) · ja 生体解剖 (act of invasive treatment of a living organism) · pl wiwisekcja (act of invasive treatment of a living organism) · el ζωοτομία (act of invasive treatment of a living organism) · fi vivisektio (act of invasive treatment of a living organism) · nn viviseksjon (act of invasive treatment of a living organism) · fr vivisection (act of invasive treatment of a living organism) · ru живосече́ние (act of invasive treatment of a living organism) · nb viviseksjon (act of invasive treatment of a living organism) · cmn 活體解剖 /活体解剖 (act of invasive treatment of a living organism) · pt vivissecção (act of invasive treatment of a living organism) · sv vivisektion (act of invasive treatment of a living organism) · hu elevenboncolás (act of invasive treatment of a living organism) · hu élveboncolás (act of invasive treatment of a living organism) · io vivdisseko (act of invasive treatment of a living organism) · de Vivisektion (act of invasive treatment of a living organism) · ko 생체 해부 (act of invasive treatment of a living organism) · ru вивисе́кция (act of invasive treatment of a living organism) · da vivisektion (act of invasive treatment of a living organism) · az diriyarma (act of invasive treatment of a living organism) · pt vivisseção (act of invasive treatment of a living organism) · es vivisección (act of invasive treatment of a living organism) · eo vivisekcio (act of invasive treatment of a living organism)