vivisectionaladj.
/ˌvɪvᵻˈsɛkʃn̩(ə)l/, U.S. /ˌvɪvəˈsɛkʃ(ə)n(ə)l/ 1. Of or belonging to, of the nature of, vivisection.
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the world > life > biology > laboratory analysis > processes > [adjective] > dissection > vivisection
vivisected1859
vivisectional1866
vivisectible1875
1866 Westm. Rev. Jan. 148 It is impossible by vivisectional experiment to know which microscopical elements of the nervous tissues of the animal we destroy.
1876 Nature 25 May 65/2 For the purpose of demonstrating physiological facts to students, vivisectional experiments are..not absolutely necessary.
1896 Daily News 21 Aug. 6/3 The licensing for vivisectional purposes of the British Institute of Preventive Medicine.
2. Performing vivisection. Also figurative.
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the world > life > biology > laboratory analysis > processes > [adjective] > dissection > vivisection > performing
vivisecting1876
vivisectional1881
1881 Times 17 Jan. 6/1 A few lively touches, which were the first to vanish under the vivisectional hands of the cleaner.
1882 W. James in Amer. Ann. Deaf & Dumb Apr. (1883) 116 Vivisectional physiologists.
Derivatives
viviˈsectionally adv.
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the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > close examination, scrutiny > [adverb]
narrowlyeOE
closely1509
searchingly1574
close1642
pressly1642
scrutinously1650
minutely1690
scrutinizingly1828
probingly1876
scanningly1876
vivisectionally1899
1899 J. W. Ebsworth in Roxburghe Ballads IX. p. clxxx* ‘The Maid's Comfort’ and ‘The Merry Cuckold’ can be studied vivisectionally on pp. cxxix* and cxxxii*.
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adj.1866