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Webster 1913 Edition

Vivisection

Vivˊi-sec′tion

,

Noun.

[L.

vivus

alive + E.

section

: cf. F.

vivisection

. See

, and

.]

The dissection of an animal while alive, for the purpose of making physiological investigations.

Definition 2024

vivisection

vivisection

English

Noun

vivisection ‎(countable and uncountable, plural vivisections)

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

Translations

The action of invasive treatment of a living organism for scientific investigation

Armenian: կենդանահատում ‎(kendanahatum)
Catalan: vivisecció f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 活體解剖, 活体解剖 ‎(huótǐ jiěpōu)
Dutch: vivisectie (nl) f
Esperanto: vivisekcio
Finnish: vivisektio (fi)
French: vivisection (fr) f
German: Vivisektion (de) f

Greek: ζωοτομία (el) f ‎(zootomía)
Hungarian: elevenboncolás
Japanese: 生体解剖 ‎(せいたいかいぼう, seitaikaibō)
Korean: 생체 해부 ‎(saengche haebu) (生體解剖)
Portuguese: vivissecção f, vivisseção f
Russian: вивисе́кция (ru) f ‎(vivisékcija)
Spanish: vivisección f
Swedish: vivisektion (sv) c

French

Noun

vivisection f ‎(plural vivisections)

vivisection