vivisection
noun/ˌvɪvɪˈsekʃn/
/ˌvɪvɪˈsekʃn/
[uncountable]- the practice of doing experiments on live animals for medical or scientific researchTopics Scientific researchc2Word Originearly 18th cent.: from Latin vivus ‘living’, on the pattern of dissection.
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