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   viv·i·sec·tion

   /ˌvivəˈsekSHən/

   noun

   • 1. the practice of performing operations on live animals for the purpose of experimentation or scientific research (used only by people who are opposed to such work): "the abolition of vivisection"
   • ▪ ruthlessly sharp and detailed criticism or analysis: "the vivisection of America's seamy underbelly"

   Word Origin early 18th century: from Latin vivus ‘living’, on the pattern of dissection.

   Derivatives

   • 1. vivisectional adjective
   • 2. vivisectionist noun

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