vivisects
Surgically examines living
Vivisects is the third person singular present tense of vivisect, meaning to perform surgery or experiments on a living animal, typically for scientific research.
The practice, called vivisection, has long been controversial due to animal welfare concerns.
The word is sometimes used figuratively to describe any ruthless or painful dissection of something: The critic vivisects every flaw in the director's latest film.
Anatomical cutting and examination
- laboratoryFacility for scientific investigation
- specimenIndividual for examination
- anatomyStudy of organism structure
- physiologyScience of bodily functions
experiment · research · scalpel · tissue · organ · incision · surgical · procedure
Deliberate harm-causing disposition
- animal rightsMoral claims for fauna
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
- controversyProlonged public disagreement
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
PETA · activism · welfare · humane · morality · abolition · alternatives · antivivisection
Inspect with close attention
- analyzeStudy by breaking down
- dissectCut open to examine
- examineStudy with attention
- probeThorough examination or tool
expose · critique · deconstruct · interrogate · investigate · unravel · inspect · autopsy
dissection
Anatomical cutting and examination
- laboratoryFacility for scientific investigation
- specimenIndividual for examination
- anatomyStudy of organism structure
physiology · experiment · research · scalpel · tissue · organ · incision · surgical · procedure · observation
cruelty
Deliberate harm-causing disposition
- animal rightsMoral claims for fauna
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
- controversyProlonged public disagreement
protest · PETA · activism · welfare · humane · morality · abolition · alternatives · antivivisection · legislation
scrutinize
Inspect with close attention
probe · expose · critique · deconstruct · interrogate · investigate · unravel · inspect · autopsy · breakdown
vivisectsautopsies
Medical examinations of corpses
dissects · necropsies · exhumes · postmortem examination · embalms
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