NOUN | act | vivisection | the act of operating on living animals (especially in scientific research) |
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Meaning | The act of operating on living animals (especially in scientific research). | |
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Broader | operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process | A medical procedure involving an incision with instruments |
Spanish | vivisección | |
Catalan | vivisecció | |
Nouns | vivisectionist | a biologist who cuts open live animals for research |
Verbs | vivisect | cut (a body) open while still alive |
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