Definition of Vivisection. Meaning of Vivisection. Synonyms of Vivisection

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Definition of Vivisection

Vivisection
Vivisection Viv`i*sec"tion, n. [L. vivus alive + E. section: cf. F. vivisection. See Vivid, and Section.] The dissection of an animal while alive, for the purpose of making physiological investigations.

Meaning of Vivisection from wikipedia

- Vivisection (from Latin vivus 'alive' and sectio 'cutting') is surgery conducted for experimental purposes on a living organism, typically animals with...
- The Brown Dog affair was a political controversy about vivisection that raged in Britain from 1903 until 1910. It involved the infiltration of University...
- Canterbury. Bryan was a prominent anti-vivisection and animal welfare activist, leading the National Anti-Vivisection Society and National Canine Defence...
- Swedish-British feminist and animal rights advocate who became a prominent anti-vivisection activist in England in the early 20th century. Born to a distinguished...
- anti-vivisection activist and leading women's suffrage campaigner. She founded a number of animal advocacy groups, including the National Anti-Vivisection...
- whether vivisection has, on the whole, led to a decrease in suffering through the expansion of human knowledge. To Tait, any argument for vivisection should...
- the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection. In 2012, the BUAV joined with the New England Anti-Vivisection Society to establish a new international...
- Buckhounds, opposed vivisection, blood sports, and hunting, and was active in the Humanitarian League and London and Provincial Anti-Vivisection Society. Stratton...
- a British ophthalmologist who advocated for animal welfare and anti-vivisection. Estcourt-Oswald was born in 1874 in Peshawar. She graduated M.B., B...
- 1854 – 11 February 1929) was an English naturalist, physician and anti-vivisection activist. Perks was born in June 1854. He was the eldest son of Henry...