"animal testing" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} animal testing (uncountable)
  1. The practice of using nonhuman animals in scientific experimentation. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: animal experimentation Hypernyms: testing Translations (use of non-human animals in scientific experimentation): تَجَارِبُ عَلَى الْحَيْوَان (tajāribu ʕalā l-ḥaywān) [masculine, plural] (Arabic), dyreforsøg [neuter] (Danish), eläinkokeet [plural] (Finnish), Tierversuch [masculine] (German), 動物実験 (dōbutsu jikken) (alt: どうぶつじっけん) (Japanese), dyreforsøk [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), testes em animais [masculine, plural] (Portuguese), djurförsök [neuter] (Swedish), hayvan testi (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-animal_testing-en-noun-Y3~ecNw8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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