vivisecting
Surgery on living
Vivisecting is the present participle of vivisect, meaning to perform surgery or other invasive procedures on a living animal for experimental or scientific purposes.
The term carries strong negative connotations and is frequently used by animal rights advocates to characterize such research as cruel.
Figuratively, vivisecting can describe any ruthlessly thorough examination or dissection of something: The critic spent the hour vivisecting the director's artistic choices.
Systematic testing of ideas
- biomedicalConcerning biology and medicine
- pharmacologyStudy of drug actions
- toxicologyScience of poisons
- physiologyScience of bodily functions
pathology · laboratory · scientist · clinical · inquiry · investigation · medicine · animal testing
Precise surgical knife
- incisionControlled cut into tissue
- surgeryInvasive medical procedure
- dissectionAnatomical cutting and examination
- anesthesiaInduced loss of feeling
surgical · tissue · organ · specimen · exploratory · operation · cutting · anatomy
Moral claims for fauna
- bioethicsMoral philosophy for medicine
- moralityRight and wrong principles
- controversyProlonged public disagreement
- humaneMarked by kindness
cruelty · sentience · welfare · consent · oversight · regulation · activism · suffering
Examining in detail
- dissectingMethodically cutting to examine
- scrutinizingExamining something very closely
- examiningInspecting with care
- deconstructingBreaking into constituent elements
probing · exposing · laying bare · picking apart · critiquing · eviscerating · tearing apart · breaking down
experimentation
Systematic testing of ideas
- biomedicalConcerning biology and medicine
- pharmacologyStudy of drug actions
- toxicologyScience of poisons
physiology · pathology · laboratory · scientist · clinical · inquiry · investigation · medicine · animal testing · drug development
scalpel
Precise surgical knife
- incisionControlled cut into tissue
- surgeryInvasive medical procedure
- dissectionAnatomical cutting and examination
anesthesia · surgical · tissue · organ · specimen · exploratory · operation · cutting · anatomy · laboratory
animal rights
Moral claims for fauna
- bioethicsMoral philosophy for medicine
- moralityRight and wrong principles
- controversyProlonged public disagreement
humane · cruelty · sentience · welfare · consent · oversight · regulation · activism · suffering · justification
analyzing
Examining in detail
- dissectingMethodically cutting to examine
- scrutinizingExamining something very closely
- examiningInspecting with care
deconstructing · probing · exposing · laying bare · picking apart · critiquing · eviscerating · tearing apart · breaking down · inspecting
inhumane
Callously causing suffering
sadistic · callous · merciless · savage · heartless · torture · exploitation · unnecessary · outdated · condemned
vivisectinghealing
Restoration of health
nurturing · protecting · preserving · rehabilitating · caring for