vivisection (redirected from vivisectionists)

vivisection /vivi·sec·tion/ (viv?i-sek´shun) surgical procedures performed upon a living animal for purpose of physiologic or pathologic investigation.

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viv·i·sec·tion (vv-skshn, vv-sk-)

n.

The act or practice of cutting into or performing surgery on living animals for the purpose of scientific research.

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vivi·section·ist n.

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vivisection (viˈ·v·sekˑ·shn),

n the dissection of living animals to view anatomic systems.

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vivisection

surgical procedures performed upon a living animal for purpose of physiological or pathological investigation. It is illegal in most countries to perform such experiments without a license, without proper anesthesia or without all measures necessary to prevent cruelty to the experimental animal.