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vivisection
[ viv-uh-sek-shuhn ]
noun
- the action of cutting into or dissecting a living body.
- the practice of subjecting living animals to cutting operations, especially in order to advance physiological and pathological knowledge.
vivisection
/ ˌɪɪˈɛʃə /
noun
- the act or practice of performing experiments on living animals, involving cutting into or dissecting the body
vivisection
/ ĭ′ĭ-ĕ′ə /
- The practice of examining internal organs and tissues by cutting into or dissecting a living animal, especially for the purpose of scientific research.
vivisection
- The cutting up or dissection of animals, including anesthetized live animals, in scientific research. Vivisection is also a general term for the use of animals as subjects in laboratory experiments, especially in the development of new medical techniques and drugs.
Notes
Derived Forms
- ˌˈپDzԲ, adjective
- ˌˈپDzԲly, adverb
Other yvlog Forms
- i·tDz· adjective
- i·tDz··ly adverb
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of vivisection1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of vivisection1
Example Sentences
Among the horrors he described were vivisections performed without anesthesia on those who had been deliberately administered germs; doctors wanted to see firsthand how the ensuing diseases infected the body.
Unit 731 is also believed to have performed vivisections and frozen prisoners to death in tests of endurance.
The title essay is arguably her masterpiece, a cool vivisection of a place and time when the center fell apart.
His criticism workshops, a curricula staple for budding critics and dramaturgs, were an experience in literary vivisection, as he homed in on every cliché and woolly idea in that week’s student essay.
But “Blonde” subjects Monroe to its own grisly vivisection.
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