vivisection
英 [vɪvɪ'sekʃ(ə)n]
美[,vɪvɪ'sɛkʃən]
- n. 活体解剖
中文词源
vivisection 活体解剖
viv-,生命，词源同vital,vivid,-sect,解剖，词源同insect,section.
英文词源
- vivisection (n.)
- "dissection of a living animal," 1694, from Latin vivus "alive" (see vivid) + ending from dissection). Related: Vivisectionist.