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vivisectional, a.|vɪvɪˈsɛkʃənəl|
[f. prec.]
1. Of or belonging to, of the nature of, vivisection.
1866Westm. Rev. Jan. 148 It is impossible by vivisectional experiment to know which microscopical elements of the nervous tissues of the animal we destroy. 1876Nature XIV. 65/2 For the purpose of demonstrating physiological facts to students, vivisectional experiments are..not absolutely necessary. 1896Daily News 21 Aug. 6/3 The licensing for vivisectional purposes of the British Institute of Preventive Medicine.
2. Performing vivisection. Also fig.
1882W. James in Amer. Ann. Deaf & Dumb April (1883) 116 Vivisectional physiologists. 1881Times 17 Jan. 6/1 A few lively touches, which were the first to vanish under the vivisectional hands of the cleaner.
Hence viviˈsectionally adv.
1899J. W. Ebsworth in Roxb. Ball. IX. p. clxxx*, ‘The Maid's Comfort’ and ‘The Merry Cuckold’ can be studied vivisectionally on pp. cxxix* and cxxxii*. |