单词	vivisect
释义	vivisect /ˈvɪvɪsɛkt / /ˌvɪvɪˈsɛkt / verb [with object] (Used only by opponents of the practice) perform vivisection on (an animal): people are vivisecting animals and experimenting with germ warfare figurative science has been directed to the task of reducing, dividing, and vivisecting nature to manageable proportions... Have we the right to make experiments on animals and vivisect them? It may be ethically objectionable to vivisect animals, or pursue profits at the expense of nature and community, but it is usually legal. A further note on Victor's improbable career: when he is not creating life in the lab, or necromancing with mummy DNA, he apparently vivisects chimpanzees. Derivatives vivisector noun ... Croce reveals the clear contradiction in the attitude of the vivisector towards animals. First of all, for those of you who don't know me, I am a former vivisector and I speak out against vivisection now. Additionally, two animal labs and three vivisector's offices were entered and all contents relating to animal research were destroyed. Origin Mid 19th century: back-formation from vivisection.
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