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vivi·sec·tion [ˌvɪvɪˈsekʃən] N no pl

vivisection

vivisection

poskus m na živi živali

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He was determined to avoid being drawn into the front line of the vivisection debate. en.wikipedia.org

Primates, horses, dogs, and cats were given special protection, and licenses to conduct vivisection were to be given to institutions, not to individuals. en.wikipedia.org

He was one of the first experimental physiologists through his vivisection experiments on animals. en.wikipedia.org

They also made considerable advances in the field of surgery, often without the use of human dissection or animal vivisection. en.wikipedia.org

A chapter is also devoted to the vivisection of the eye. en.wikipedia.org

Vivisection refers to the dissection of a living animal, often for the purposes of physiological investigation and nowadays usually under heavy sedation. en.wikipedia.org

His evidence before the royal commission on vivisection, and his relations with homeopathic practitioners, which he was led to modify, are instances of this. en.wikipedia.org

Literally, vivisection means the cutting up of a living animal, and historically referred only to experiments that involved the dissection of live animals. en.wikipedia.org

The former sought to restrict vivisection and the latter to abolish it. en.wikipedia.org

The organization was formed in response to increasing resistance of the use of animals in medical experimentation, including for vivisection. en.wikipedia.org

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