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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. cut (a body) open while still alive;
- Example: "people no longer vivisect animals--it's considered unethical"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Vivisect \Viv"i*sect`\, v. t. To perform vivisection upon; to dissect alive. [Colloq.] --Pop. Sci. Monthly. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

vivisect v 1: cut (a body) open while still alive; "people no longer vivisect animals--it's considered unethical"