VIVISECTION


Meaning of VIVISECTION in English

/ ˌvɪvɪˈsekʃn; NAmE / noun

[ U ] the practice of doing experiments on live animals for medical or scientific research

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WORD ORIGIN

early 18th cent.: from Latin vivus living, on the pattern of dissection .

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