vivisection
English
Etymology
Latin vīvus (“alive”) + sectiō (“cutting”): compare French vivisection. See vivid and section.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌvɪvɪˈsɛkʃən/
Noun
vivisection (countable and uncountable, plural vivisections)
- The action of cutting, surgery or other invasive treatment of a living organism for the purposes of physiological or pathological scientific investigation.
Translations
The action of invasive treatment of a living organism for scientific investigation
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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vi.vi.sɛk.sjɔ̃/
Audio (file)
Noun
vivisection f (plural vivisections)
- vivisection
Further reading
- “vivisection”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.