vivisection

noun
/ˌvɪ.vɪˈsɛk.ʃən/

Etymology

From Latin vīvus (“alive”) + sectiō (“cutting”). Compare French vivisection. See also vivid and section.

  1. derived from vivisection

Definitions

  1. The act or instance of cutting, surgery, or other invasive treatment of a living organism…

    The act or instance of cutting, surgery, or other invasive treatment of a living organism for the purposes of physiological or pathological scientific investigation.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for vivisection. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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