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Meaning of "vivisection" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD VIVISECTION

From vivi-, from Latin vīvus living + section, as in dissection.
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PRONUNCIATION OF VIVISECTION

vivisection  [ˌvɪvɪˈsɛkʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VIVISECTION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Vivisection is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES VIVISECTION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

vivisection

Vivisection

Vivisection is defined as surgery conducted for experimental purposes on a living organism, typically animals with a central nervous system, to view living internal structure. The term is sometimes more broadly defined as any experimentation on live animals. The term is often used by organizations opposed to animal experimentation but is rarely used by practicing scientists. Human vivisection has been perpetrated as a form of torture.

Definition of vivisection in the English dictionary

The definition of vivisection in the dictionary is the act or practice of performing experiments on living animals, involving cutting into or dissecting the body.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH VIVISECTION


antivivisection
ˌæntɪˌvɪvɪˈsɛkʃən
bisection
baɪˈsɛkʃən
collection
kəˈlɛkʃən
connection
kəˈnɛkʃən
correction
kəˈrɛkʃən
detection
dɪˈtɛkʃən
direction
dɪˈrɛkʃən
election
ɪˈlɛkʃən
exsection
ɛkˈsɛkʃən
intersection
ˌɪntəˈsɛkʃən
midsection
ˈmɪdˌsɛkʃən
protection
prəˈtɛkʃən
quadrisection
ˌkwɒdrɪˈsɛkʃən
resection
rɪˈsɛkʃən
section
ˈsɛkʃən
selection
sɪˈlɛkʃən
subsection
ˈsʌbˌsɛkʃən
trisection
traɪˈsɛkʃən
venesection
ˈvɛnɪˌsɛkʃən
venisection
ˌvɛnɪˈsɛkʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VIVISECTION

vivification
vivified
vivifier
vivifies
vivify
vivipara
viviparism
viviparity
viviparous
viviparously
viviparousness
vivipary
vivisect
vivisectional
vivisectionally
vivisectionist
vivisective
vivisector
vivisectorium
vivisepulture

WORDS THAT END LIKE VIVISECTION

accreditation
action
addiction
attraction
auction
construction
course of action
court of competent jurisdiction
destruction
fiction
function
instruction
interaction
introduction
out of action
production
reaction
reduction
reproduction
satisfaction
transaction

Synonyms and antonyms of vivisection in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «vivisection» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF VIVISECTION

Find out the translation of vivisection to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of vivisection from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «vivisection» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

活体解剖
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

vivisección
570 millions of speakers

English

vivisection
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

विभाजन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تشريح الأحياء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

вивисекция
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

vivissecção
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জীবচ্ছেদ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

vivisection
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Vivisection
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Vivisektion
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

生体解剖
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

생체 해부 실험
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Vivisection
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thuật giải phẩu sinh thể
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விவிசெக்ஸன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विभाजित
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

denek hayvanı üzerinde yapılan deney
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vivisezione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wiwisekcji
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вівісекція
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vivisecție
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ζωοτομία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vivisectie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

djurförsök
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

viviseksjon
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of vivisection

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «VIVISECTION»

The term «vivisection» is regularly used and occupies the 102.243 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «VIVISECTION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «vivisection» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «vivisection» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about vivisection

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VIVISECTION»

Discover the use of vivisection in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to vivisection and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Animal Welfare & Anti-vivisection 1870-1910: Frances Power Cobbe
Recent collections in this series include "Josephine Butler and the Prostitution Campaigns and "Women, Madness and Spiritualism .
Susan Hamilton, 2004
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Vivisection
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Annie Wood Besant, 2009
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Vivisection or science?: an investigation into testing drugs ...
In this book, a leading Italian medical researcher concludes, after years of himself practicing animal experimentation and vivisection, that the traditional reliance on these techniques is scientifically misplaced.
Pietro Croce, 1999
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Vivisection
If this is surgical poetry, its implements--graceful precision, incisive thought, a meticulous accounting of the self's sacred and fungible parts--are wielded by a poet of significant subtlety and skill.
Eric Weinstein, 2010
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Vivisection Unveiled: An Exposé of the Medical Futility of ...
Tony Page has been researching the facts about vivisection for a number of years.
Tony Page, 1997
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Human Vivisection: A Statement and an Inquiry
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
American Humane Association, 2012
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Vivisection
absolutely essential for man's existence that cannot be ascertained without vivisection — experiments on animals correct observation — for instance, transfusion of blood was discovered by experiments and tried on animals first and on man ...
Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Great Britain)., 1876
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Dissection and vivisection in the European Renaissance
Neither had any direct medical relevance, and the aim of this book is to discover what lay at the basis of these practices, what purpose they served and what cultural circumstances made them possible and desirable.
Roger Kenneth French, 1999
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Lab Animal Abuse: Vivisection Exposed!
A comprehensive argument against the use and abuse of animals in biomedical and commercial laboratory animal experimentation.
Joseph Covino, 1990
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Illustrations of Vivisection Or Experiments on Living ...
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series.
Frances Power Cobbe, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VIVISECTION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term vivisection is used in the context of the following news items.
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Facility given the go-ahead to breed beagles for experiments after …
The decision was described by the National Anti-Vivisection Society (NAVS) as “a betrayal of the animals, the public and science” that would condemn ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
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Live Animal Testing Beagle Dog Farm Approved In Britain …
The animal testing is through vivisection. The dogs experimented on are alive when cut open. This is a controversial procedure as far as animal-rights ... «The Inquisitr, Jul 15»
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Commission replies to "Stop Vivisection" European Citizens' Initiative
The European Commission today set out the actions it intends to take in response to the 'Stop Vivisection' European Citizens' Initiative (ECI). Whilst, the ... «EU News, Jun 15»
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Stop vivisection Initiative fails to impress at EU hearing
In March we discussed a new attempt by animal rights supporters to ban animal research in Europe, The Stop Vivisection European Citizens' Initiative, which ... «Speaking of Research, May 15»
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Anti-vivisection activists win right to legal challenge over how Home …
Anti-vivisection activists have won the right to a legal challenge over the way the Home Office investigated the care of animals at a leading research institution. «The Independent, May 15»
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Challenging times
The Stop Vivisection initiative has been panicking European researchers since it was first proposed in 2012, but its long-trailed public hearing this week at the ... «Nature.com, May 15»
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Fox hunting and anti-vivisection: Why animals matter more than …
Outrage at fox hunting and anti-vivisection campaigns are just two examples of people putting animals first. But why do we favour other species over our own? «The Guardian, May 15»
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EU animal research ban could 'damage prosperity'
Stop Vivisection, the group responsible for the petition, argues that animal testing has hindered development of alternative biomedical research methods and ... «CNBC, May 15»
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Hearing: citizens' initiative to stop animal testing
Should animal testing be banned? The Stop Vivisection citizens' initiative aims to repeal the European directive on the protection of animals used for scientific ... «EU News, May 15»
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Nobel laureates defend EU animal research rules against citizens …
The Stop Vivisection European Citizens' Initiative (ECI), submitted to the commission in March, calls for a “paradigm shift in the way biomedical and toxicological ... «Science /AAAS, May 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Vivisection [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/vivisection>. Apr 2024 ».
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