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...
- 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...
- The Brown Dog affair was a political controversy about vivisection that raged in Britain from 1903 until 1910. It involved the infiltration of University...
- March 1905) was an English Unitarian minister and activist for anti-vivisection and vegetarianism. Arthur Edgar Harvie was a watchmaker by trade and...
- a British ophthalmologist who advocated for animal welfare and anti-vivisection. Estcourt-Oswald was born in 1874 in Peshawar. She graduated M.B., B...
- and books advocating against vivisection and vaccination, notably circulating a letter from Mark Twain condemning vivisection. His works, including his best-known...
- 1916) was an American physician, social reformer, and vocal advocate for vivisection reform. Leffingwell aut****d many books bringing light to the cruel abuses...
- Rise for Animals (formerly New England Anti-Vivisection Society) is a national, registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit animal rights organization which aims to...
- 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...