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vivisect

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viv⋅i⋅sect

  [viv-uh-sekt, viv-uh-sekt]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to dissect the living body of (an animal).
–verb (used without object)
2. to practice vivisection.
Origin:
1860–65; back formation from vivisection

Related forms:
viv⋅i⋅sec⋅tor, noun
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viv·i·sect   (vĭv'ĭ-sěkt')   
v.   viv·i·sect·ed, viv·i·sect·ing, viv·i·sects

v.   tr.
To perform vivisection on (a living animal).
v.   intr.
To practice vivisection.

[Back-formation from vivisection.]
viv'i·sec'tor n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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