vivisect
pronunciation
How to pronounce vivisect in British English:
UK [ˌvɪvɪ'sekt]
How to pronounce vivisect in American English:
US [ˌvɪvə'sekt]
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- Verb:
- cut (a body) open while still alive
Word Origin
- vivisect (v.)
- 1852, back-formation from vivisection. Related: Vivisected; vivisecting.
Example
- 1. Vivisect observation on blood supply of pulmonary artery in lung cancer tissue .
- 2. People no longer vivisect animals -- it 's considered unethical .
- 3. Nevertheless , dr. yuasa says that when he was still in medical school injapan , the students heard that ordinary doctors who went tochinawere allowed to vivisect patients .
- 4. People no longer vivisect animals .
- 5. Diagnosis value of medulla vivisect assay tissue printing slice .