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vivisect

vivisect verb: to perform vivisection upon; to dissect alive.

Verb

vivisect (third-person singular simple present vivisects, present participle vivisecting, simple past and past participle vivisected)

  1. (transitive) To perform vivisection upon; to dissect alive.

Forms of vivisect

third-person singular presentvivisects
present participlevivisecting
past participlevivisected
pastvivisected

Words formed from vivisect

Words that rhyme with vivisect

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Questions about vivisect

What does vivisect mean?
Vivisect means to perform vivisection upon; to dissect alive.
What part of speech is vivisect?
Vivisect is a verb.
What is the past tense of vivisect?
The past tense of vivisect is vivisected.

Words near vivisect in the dictionary

  1. viviparous lizard
  2. viviparous lizards
  3. viviparously
  4. viviparousness
  5. vivipary
  6. vivisect
  7. vivisectable
  8. vivisected
  9. vivisectible
  10. vivisecting
  11. vivisection

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