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callisection

callisection noun: painless vivisection.

Noun

callisection (countable and uncountable, plural callisections)

  1. (dated) painless vivisection
    • The two kinds of vivisection, sentisection and callisection1883, Burt Green Wilder, On the Brain of a Cat Lacking the Callosum, Preliminary Notics

Forms of callisection

pluralcallisections

Origin of callisection

From Latin callere (“to be insensible”) + English section.

Words that rhyme with callisection

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Questions about callisection

What does callisection mean?
Callisection means painless vivisection.
What part of speech is callisection?
Callisection is a noun.
What is the plural of callisection?
The plural of callisection is callisections.

Words near callisection in the dictionary

  1. callirhipid
  2. callirhipids
  3. Callirrhoe
  4. Callirrhoë
  5. Callis
  6. callisection
  7. callisections
  8. Callison
  9. Callisons
  10. Callistan
  11. Callistans

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