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What (who) is vivisection - definition
DISSECTION OF A LIVING SUBJECT
Vivisection and experimentation debate; Vivisect; Vivisections; Vivisectionist; Anti-vivisectionist; Anti-vivisection; Anti-vivisectionism; Vivisects; Vivisected
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vivisection
Vivisection is the practice of using live animals for scientific experiments.
...a fierce opponent of vivisection.
N-UNCOUNT
Vivisection
·noun The dissection of an animal while alive, for the purpose of making physiological investigations.
vivisection
¦ noun
1. the practice of operating on living animals for the purpose of scientific research (used by those opposed to such work).
2. ruthlessly sharp and detailed criticism or analysis.
Derivatives
vivisect verb
vivisectionist noun & adjective
vivisector noun
Origin
C18: from L. vivus 'living', on the pattern of dissection.
Wikipedia
Vivisection
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.
Examples of use of vivisection
1. The film has pleased anti–vivisection campaigners.
2. Some so–called anti–vivisection organisations would have people believe that animal research does not work.
3. They have been cautiously welcomed by the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection.
4. Vivisection on any of the great apes is already banned in Britain.
5. Anti–vivisection campaigners were dismayed at the news of the increase.