vivisection
Syllables: vi·vi·sec·tion/ˌvɪ.vɪˈsɛk.ʃən/
vivisection noun: the act or instance of cutting, surgery, or other invasive treatment of a living organism for the purposes of physiological or pathological scientific investigation.
Noun
vivisection (countable and uncountable, plural vivisections)
- The act or instance of cutting, surgery, or other invasive treatment of a living organism for the purposes of physiological or pathological scientific investigation.
vivisection meaning in Tamil and Urdu
vivisection in Tamil
- act of invasive treatment of a living organism
- உடற்கூறாய்வு uṭaṟkūṟāyvu
vivisection in Urdu
- جراحت
Forms of vivisection
| plural | vivisections |
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Origin of vivisection
From Latin vīvus (“alive”) + sectiō (“cutting”). Compare French vivisection. See also vivid and section.
Words formed from vivisection
Words that rhyme with vivisection
- section
- connection
- projection
- injection
- selection
- collection
- protection
- inflection
- reflection
- affection
- correction
- deflection
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- direction
- election
- erection
- complexion
- recollection
- resurrection
- dejection
- dissection
- flexion
- infection
- rejection
- connexion
- convection
- detection
- disconnection
- misdirection
- objection
- perfection
- vection
- advection
- ejection
- imperfection
- inspection
- interjection
- introspection
- lection
- reflexion
- aspection
- callisection
- disinfection
- disruptive selection
- electrotransfection
- indirect election
- insurrection
- police protection
- porrection
- predilection
- retroflexion
- self-infection
- snap election
- ticket inspection
- transfection
- trivection
- type introspection
Questions about vivisection
- What does vivisection mean?
- Vivisection means the act or instance of cutting, surgery, or other invasive treatment of a living organism for the purposes of physiological or pathological scientific investigation.
- What is vivisection in Tamil?
- Vivisection in Tamil is உடற்கூறாய்வு (uṭaṟkūṟāyvu). See Vivisection meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is vivisection?
- Vivisection is a noun.
- How do you pronounce vivisection?
- Vivisection is pronounced /ˌvɪ.vɪˈsɛk.ʃən/.
- What is the plural of vivisection?
- The plural of vivisection is vivisections.
Words near vivisection in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: vivisection (page history and authors); vivisection (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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