Meaning & use
Vivisected
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Performed surgery on a living animal for scientific research or experimentation.
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Early physiologists vivisected animals to study how organs functioned.
The practice of vivisecting stray dogs without anesthesia sparked outrage among reformers.
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From Latin "vivus" (alive) plus "sect" (to cut); the term is closely tied to historical debates over animal research ethics.
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dissected alive
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