vivisekcio

Borrowed from Polish wiwisekcja, from Latin vīvus (“alive”) +‎ Latin sectiō (“cutting”). Compare English vivisection, French vivisection, German Vivisektion, Spanish vivisección and Italian vivisezione. By surface analysis, vivi +‎ sekcio.

• IPA^(key): /vivisekˈt͡sio/

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• Rhymes: -io
• Hyphenation: vi‧vi‧sek‧ci‧o

vivisekcio (accusative singular vivisekcion, plural vivisekcioj, accusative plural vivisekciojn)

1. (physiology) vivisection (action of invasive treatment of a living organism for scientific investigation)

   Synonym: vivosekco

• “vivisekcio”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda, 2020
• “vivise”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997