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VIVISECT

\vˈɪvɪsˌɛkt], \vˈɪvɪsˌɛkt], \v_ˈɪ_v_ɪ_s_ˌɛ_k_t]\

Definitions of VIVISECT

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary

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To dissect or divide (the living body of an animal), for scientific study; as, to vivisect a dog.
Vivisector.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

To dissect while yet alive.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

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