sentisection

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noun

painful vivisection, without the use of anesthetic

OriginLatin sentire →
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Meanings

nounsentisection (usually uncountable, plural sentisections)

plural sentisections

  1. archaicuncountableusuallypainful vivisection, without the use of anesthetic

    The two kinds of vivisection, sentisection and callisection

    1883, Burt Green Wilder, On the Brain of a Cat Lacking the Callosum, Preliminary Notics

Origin

  1. Latinsentire“to feel”
  2. Englishsentisection

From Latin sentire (“to feel”) + English section.

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APA

sentisection. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sentisection

MLA

“sentisection.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sentisection. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sentisection,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sentisection.

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