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

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• a UK /ˈvɪvɪsɛkʃən/ /"vIvIsEkS@n/

Noun

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

Translations

French

Noun

1. Vivisection.

Vivisection is any experimental cutting of, or surgery on, a living organism. More broadly, the term is often used today to describe any experiment upon living animals. In this context the term is preferred by those opposed to research using animals, whereas scientists typically use "animal experimentation."

• For animal experiments, see Animal testing.
• For the history of animal experiments, see History of animal testing.
• For experiments on human beings, see Human subject research.
• For the antivivisection movement, see Animal rights.

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