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vivisection


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Vivisection  \Viv`i*sec"tion\,  n.  [L.  vivus  alive  +  E.  section: 
  cf  F.  vivisection.  See  {Vivid},  and  {Section}.] 
  The  dissection  of  an  animal  while  alive,  for  the  purpose  of 
  making  physiological  investigations. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  vivisection 
  n  :  operating  on  living  animals  especially  in  scientific 
  research 




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