Vivisection

What do we mean by vivisection?

The act or practice of cutting into or otherwise injuring living animals for the purpose of scientific research. noun

Dissection of a living body; the practice of anatomizing alive, or of experimenting upon living animals, for the purpose of investigating some physiological function or pathological process which cannot well be otherwise determined noun

The dissection of an animal while alive, for the purpose of making physiological investigations. noun

The action of cutting, surgery or other invasive treatment of a living organism for the purposes of physiological or pathological scientific investigation. noun

The act of operating on living animals (especially in scientific research) noun

The action of cutting, surgery or other invasive treatment of a living organism for the purposes of physiological or pathological scientific investigation.

Words that are spelled similarly to vivisection:
vivisection, vivisector, vivisecting, venisection, vivisections.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word vivisection:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe vivisection:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective vivisection:
movement, society, campaign, cause, crusade, meeting, agitation, morality, party, controversy, literature, lady, lobby, laws, folk, forms, sentiment, pamphlet, bill, argument, legislation, poem, room, commission, case.

Words that sound like vivisection:
vivisection, venesection, vivisect, vivisected, vivisectionist, vivisector, vivification, c-section, c section, csection.