VIVISECTION


Meaning of VIVISECTION in English

n.1 dissection or other painful treatment of living animals for purposes of scientific research.

2 unduly detailed or ruthless criticism.

Derivatives:

vivisectional adj. vivisectionist n. vivisector n.

Etymology: L vivus living (see VIVIFY), after DISSECTION (as DISSECT)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.