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vivisection definition

vivi·sec·tion (viv′ə sek′s̸hən)

noun

medical research consisting of surgical operations or other experiments performed on living animals to study the structure and function of living organs and parts, and to investigate the effects of diseases and therapy

Etymology: < L vivus, alive (see bio-) + section

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vivisection Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • defend: The inability to defend vivisection was also illustrated by a letter included on the British Medical Journal website.

Preposition: on

  • ground: Opposition to vivisection on medical grounds is growing, and is in direct proportion to awareness of the facts.

Adjective modifier

  • human: Most human vivisection takes place in the " third world " or on vulnerable people, such as Pongo, in the West.

Modifies a noun

  • lab: Many are killed through shooting, drowning or being sold to vivisection labs or by being abandoned.

Noun used with modifier

  • primate: The nightmare scenario of Cambridge becoming the primate vivisection capital of Europe had ended.

Possessives

  • undoing: Dr. James Le Fanu, ' In sickness and in health: vivisection's undoing ' , Daily Telegraph, 23 November 2003.

Preposition: in

  • order: Victims of Vivisection In order to further increase profits, the racing industry funds research into welfare problems created by racing.

Preposition: for

  • reason: Scientists outside the pharmaceutical industry support vivisection for several reasons.
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