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noun 
  1. the action of cutting, surgery or other invasive treatment of a living organism for the purposes of physiology, physiological or pathology, pathological scientific investigation.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: vivisectie
  • French: vivisection
Etymology: Latin vivus alive + English section: compare French vivisection. See vivid, and section

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