vivisectionist
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- noun
- /ˌvɪvɪˈsɛkʃənɪst/
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viviseccionista
Examples
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How do you know Vic isn't an escaped vivisectionist?
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A vivisectionist!
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It smelled like a Port-a-Potty, and it was darker than a vivisectionist's heart.
Fiction book (2002) -
I have erased from the island all poisonous plants, predators, dog-eaters, and vivisectionists.
Fiction book (2002) -
In The Magician's Nephew, vengeance is taken against the vivisectionist Uncle Andrew; similarly, in Lewis's science fiction novels for adults, it is taken against those who experiment cruelly with animals.
Academic text (2001) -
The vivisectionist carefully performed the operation on the rabbit to study its response to the medication.
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After years of training, she became a renowned vivisectionist, conducting vital research on disease treatments.
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At the conference, the vivisectionist presented her findings on the effects of surgery on lab animals.
Synonyms
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A person who operates on live animals for research
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
vivisectionist = vivisection (semi-transparent) = vivisection + ist
Formation from the noun 'vivisection' with the productive agentive suffix '-ist' yields a clear meaning 'person who performs vivisection'.
Etymology
The word vivisectionist comes from parts vivi- meaning 'alive' and section meaning 'cutting'. You can see the 'alive' part in words like revive or survive. So a vivisectionist is someone who cuts into living animals to study them for science.