vivisection
English
/ˈvɪvɪsɛkʃən/
noun
Definitions
- The action of cutting, surgery or other invasive treatment of a living organism for the purposes of physiological or pathological scientific investigation.
Etymology
Root from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- (live).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʷeyh₃-
Gloss
live
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Zoë English
- antivivisection English
- antivivisectionism English
- antivivisectionist English
- azo- English
- biology English
- vivisectional English
- vivisectionally English
- vivisectionist English
- Vīviānus Latin
- revīvō Latin
- super Latin
- vitalitas Latin
- vivacitas Latin
- vivax Latin
- vividus Latin
- vīta Latin
- vītālis Latin
- vīvidus Latin
- vīvācitās Latin
- vīvārium Latin
- vīvāx Latin
- Archeozoico Italian
- archeozoico Italian
- viva Italian
- vivacchiare Italian
- vivente Italian
- convivial French
- Ζηνόβιος Ancient Greek
- Πολύβιος Ancient Greek
- Ταλθύβιος Ancient Greek
- βίο- Ancient Greek
- βίος Ancient Greek
- βιοτεύω Ancient Greek
- βιόω Ancient Greek
- βῐ́ος Ancient Greek
- ζωή Ancient Greek
- ζωϊκός Ancient Greek
- ζῳδιακός Ancient Greek
- ζῴδιον Ancient Greek
- ζῷον Ancient Greek
- ἀ- Ancient Greek
- ἀποζάω Ancient Greek
- Ἀναξίβιος Ancient Greek
- ἐναντίβιος Ancient Greek
- *gʷeyh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷih₃wo-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷih₃woteh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷih₃wós Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷyeh₃w-y-om Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷíh₃weti Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷíh₃weti, *gʷyéh₃woh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵénh₁tis Proto-Indo-European
- *kwiknaną Proto-Germanic
- *kwikwaz Proto-Germanic
- kvika Norwegian Nynorsk
- kvike Norwegian Nynorsk
- kvika Old Norse
- kvikvendi Old Norse
- կեամ Old Armenian
- béo Old Irish
- *bīwonos Proto-Celtic
- *ǰayHw- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- bevañ Breton
- *džita Proto-Albanian
- śai- Tocharian B
- śo- Tocharian A