vivisection
vivisection — noun
1. the act of cutting into or performing operations on living animals in order to s
the act of cutting into or performing operations on living animals in order to study diseases, test drugs, or advance medical knowledge
Many university laboratories have banned vivisection in response to growing public concern.
collocation: ban vivisection
Soraya wrote her thesis on the history of vivisection and the animal-rights movement.
The debate over vivisection often splits medical researchers from animal-welfare campaigners.
Ritu refused to attend a university that still practices vivisection in its biology department.
Strict new laws have greatly reduced the use of vivisection in drug-development research across Europe.
- animal testing
broader term covering all experiments on animals, not limited to surgery
- animal experimentation
similar scope to 'animal testing'; often used in formal or academic writing
- dissection
different meaning — dissection is usually performed on dead specimens for anatomy study, not on live animals
文法句型
vivisection (uncountable): the general practice
a vivisection (countable): one specific instance
用法筆記
Frequently appears in ethical debates where the speaker's attitude toward the practice is signalled by the choice of verb: 'oppose', 'ban', 'condemn' among critics; 'use', 'conduct', 'require' among defenders.