VIVISECTION

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1894 · p. 33

n. Viav-i2-seak's hu3n. From vivus, alive, and secore, to cut. Fr., v. Ger., F"., Vivisektion. The performance of cutting operations on living animals for purposes of scientific investigation or demonstration, [a, 48.] [s. 721]