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

vivi·section·ist n.

vivisection
[viv′əsek′shən]
Etymology: L, vivus, alive, secare, to cut
the performance of surgical operations on living animals, particularly experimental surgery for the purpose of research.

vivisection [viv″ĭ-sek´shun]
surgical procedures performed upon a living animal for purpose of physiologic or pathologic investigation.

vivisection (viˈ·v·sekˑ·shn),
n the dissection of living animals to view anatomic systems.

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.


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actually occur in real human populations and obtains important, fundamental results otherwise unobtainable by "whole armies" of vivisectionists "conducting absurd studies on animals" (p.
my daughter's hamster to vivisectionists (come on now mate, you've had a good run) and all those bits of the house still not in the possession of the building society, and stick the whole lot on Silent Witness for the BC Mile at odds of something like 999-1.
The Green Party MEP claimed when the animals can not race any more they are even fed to sharks or sold to vivisectionists.
 
 
 
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