Definition of "vivisectional" [viv•i•sec•tion•al]

• Of or pertaining to vivisection. (adjective)

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• "The black and white model instruction sheets, with their vivisectional horror icons and M. C. Escher-esque complexities of lines, arrows, grafts and chart intersections, are works of art in themselves, suitable for framing."
• "From an interest and participation in medicine, a complete reversal in her attitude towards it because of the vivisectional basis of most of it."
• "If he were to scorn an offer to sell his father for vivisectional purposes, we should applaud enthusiastically his altruism."