vivisection是什么意思

vivisection

英 [vɪvɪ'sekʃ(ə)n] 美 [,vɪvɪ'sɛkʃən]

vivisection 活体解剖

viv-,生命，词源同vital,vivid,-sect,解剖，词源同insect,section.

vivisection (n.): "dissection of a living animal," 1694, from Latin vivus "alive" (see vivid) + ending from dissection). Related: Vivisectionist.