"vivisection" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌvɪvɪˈsɛkʃən/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-vivisection.wav Forms: vivisections [plural]
Etymology: Latin vīvus (“alive”) + sectiō (“cutting”): compare French vivisection. See vivid and section. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʷeyh₃-|*sek-}}, {{uder|en|la|vīvus||alive}} Latin vīvus (“alive”), {{cog|fr|vivisection}} French vivisection Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} vivisection (countable and uncountable, plural vivisections)
  1. The action of cutting, surgery or other invasive treatment of a living organism for the purposes of physiological or pathological scientific investigation. Wikipedia link: vivisection Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (The action of invasive treatment of a living organism for scientific investigation): կենդանահատում (kendanahatum) (Armenian), diriyarma (Azerbaijani), vivisecció [feminine] (Catalan), 活體解剖 (Chinese Mandarin), 活体解剖 (huótǐ jiěpōu) (Chinese Mandarin), bewdreghyans [masculine] (Cornish), vivisektion [common-gender] (Danish), vivisectie [feminine] (Dutch), vivisekcio (Esperanto), vivisektio (Finnish), vivisection [feminine] (French), Vivisektion [feminine] (German), ζωοτομία (zootomía) [feminine] (Greek), elevenboncolás (Hungarian), élveboncolás (Hungarian), vivdisseko (Ido), 生体解剖 (seitaikaibō) (alt: せいたいかいぼう) (Japanese), 생체 해부 (saengche haebu) (alt: 生體解剖) (Korean), viviseksjon [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), viviseksjon [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), wiwisekcja [feminine] (Polish), vivissecção [feminine] (Portuguese), vivisseção [feminine] (Portuguese), вивисе́кция (vivisékcija) [feminine] (Russian), живосече́ние (živosečénije) [neuter] (Russian), vivisección [feminine] (Spanish), vivisektion [common-gender] (Swedish)

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      "roman": "vivisékcija",
      "sense": "The action of invasive treatment of a living organism for scientific investigation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "вивисе́кция"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "živosečénije",
      "sense": "The action of invasive treatment of a living organism for scientific investigation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "живосече́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "The action of invasive treatment of a living organism for scientific investigation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vivisección"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "The action of invasive treatment of a living organism for scientific investigation",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "vivisektion"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vivisection"
}

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