Meanings
nounvivisection (countable and uncountable, plural vivisections)
plural vivisections
- countableuncountableThe act or instance of cutting, surgery, or other invasive treatment of a living organism for the purposes of physiological or pathological scientific investigation.
Origin
From Latin vīvus (“alive”) + sectiō (“cutting”). Compare French vivisection. See also vivid and section.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan vivisecció
- viviseccióact of invasive treatment of a living organism
Chinese Mandarin 活體解剖 /活体解剖
- 活體解剖 /活体解剖 (huótǐ jiěpōu)act of invasive treatment of a living organism
Danish vivisektion
- vivisektionact of invasive treatment of a living organism
Dutch vivisectie
- vivisectieact of invasive treatment of a living organism
Esperanto vivisekcio
- vivisekcioact of invasive treatment of a living organism
Finnish vivisektio
- vivisektioact of invasive treatment of a living organism
French vivisection
- vivisectionact of invasive treatment of a living organism
German Vivisektion
- Vivisektionact of invasive treatment of a living organism
Greek ζωοτομία
- ζωοτομία (zootomía)act of invasive treatment of a living organism
Hungarian elevenboncolás, élveboncolás
- elevenboncolásact of invasive treatment of a living organism
- élveboncolásact of invasive treatment of a living organism
Japanese 生体解剖
- 生体解剖 (seitaikaibō)act of invasive treatment of a living organism
Korean 생체 해부
- 생체 해부 (saengche haebu)act of invasive treatment of a living organism
Norwegian Bokmål viviseksjon
- viviseksjonact of invasive treatment of a living organism
Polish wiwisekcja
- wiwisekcjaact of invasive treatment of a living organism
Portuguese vivissecção, vivisseção
- vivissecçãoact of invasive treatment of a living organism
- vivisseçãoact of invasive treatment of a living organism
Russian вивисе́кция, живосече́ние
- вивисе́кция (vivisékcija)act of invasive treatment of a living organism
- живосече́ние (živosečénije)act of invasive treatment of a living organism
Spanish vivisección
- vivisecciónact of invasive treatment of a living organism
Swedish vivisektion
- vivisektionact of invasive treatment of a living organism
Tamil உடற்கூறாய்வு
- உடற்கூறாய்வு (uṭaṟkūṟāyvu)act of invasive treatment of a living organism
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with vivisection
sectioncollectionprotectionselectionconnectionelectiondirectioninspectiondetectioninfectioncorrectionprojectioninjectionreflectionrejectionperfectionobjectionresurrectionerectionaffectionconvectiondissectionrecollectioncomplexion
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
vivisection. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vivisection
MLA
“vivisection.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vivisection. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vivisection,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vivisection.
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