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Topic: BIOLOGY

Date: 1700-1800
Language: Latin
Origin: vivus 'alive' + English section 'cutting'

vivisection

 noun
     
viv‧i‧sec‧tion [uncountable]
HB the practice doing medical or scientific tests on live animals
—vivisectionist noun [countable]
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