VIVISECTION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

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

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Hypernyms ("vivisection" is a kind of...):

operation; surgery; surgical operation; surgical procedure; surgical process (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body)

Derivation:

vivisect (cut (a body) open while still alive)

vivisectionist (a biologist who cuts open live animals for research)