vivisection

From Latin vīvus (“alive”) +‎ sectiō (“cutting”). Compare French vivisection. See also vivid and section.

• IPA^(key): /ˌvɪ.vɪˈsɛk.ʃən/

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• Rhymes: -ɛkʃən
• Hyphenation: vi‧vi‧sec‧tion

vivisection (countable and uncountable, plural vivisections)

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

• IPA^(key): /vi.vi.sɛk.sjɔ̃/

vivisection f (plural vivisections)

1. vivisection

• “vivisection”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.