vivisection

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  1. noun The act or practice of cutting into or otherwise injuring living animals, especially for the purpose of scientific research.

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  • For a third and last inquiry: justly indignant at the horrors of Continental vivisection, and especially in our own humane England at Dr. Ferrier's red-hot wires thrust into live monkeys' brains, I have often vainly asked cui bono such terrible cruelty? —  My Life as an Author
  • Too bad you missed the tiger reserve (they throw live chickens at the tigers!) and the 731 germ warfare museum (the animated display of a vivisection is something you don't see every day). —  World Blog
  • What about the scientific practice of vivisection, or the use of animals in experiments? —  Latest Articles
  • Tightly organised as they are around the issue of abortion, I don't think they realise that their movement was a contributing factor to the revival of the anti-vivisection and animal rights movements. —  WordPress.com News
  • Other terms for animal experimentation include 'vivisection', 'animal testing', and 'animal research'. —  Indymedia Ireland
 

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  1. Latin vīvus, alive; see vivify + (dis)section.
 

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