vivisection

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

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

From Latin vīvus (“alive”) + sectiō (“cutting”). Compare French vivisection. See also vivid and section.

I am a surgeon, and am greatly interested in vivisection." — Fifty-Two Stories For Girls, Unknown
Men sneered at vivisection, and yet look at its results to-day! — Dracula, Bram Stoker
These were reserved, I soon saw, for disciples who had asked for his verbal vivisection. — Autobiography of a Yogi, Paramahansa Yogananda

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