Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vivisection

/ˌvɪ.vɪˈsɛk.ʃən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.31 in modern English

Syllables: vi-vi-sec-tion
IPA: /ˌvɪ.vɪˈsɛk.ʃən/

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act or instance of cutting, surgery, or other invasive treatment of a living organism for the purposes of physiological or pathological scientific investigation.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Latin vīvus (“alive”) + sectiō (“cutting”). Compare French vivisection. See also vivid and section.

Word Breakdown

Root: *gʷeyh₃-

Usage

Inflected Forms

vivisections (plural)

Derived Forms

antivivisection antivivisectionism autovivisection provivisection vivisectional vivisectionist

Rhymes With

election section collection direction protection connection police protection selection infection self-infection reflection snap election

Questions

How do you pronounce vivisection?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌvɪ.vɪˈsɛk.ʃən/.
What does vivisection mean?: The act or instance of cutting, surgery, or other invasive treatment of a living organism for the purposes of physiological or pathological scientific investigation.
Where does vivisection come from?: From Latin vīvus (“alive”) + sectiō (“cutting”). Compare French vivisection. See also vivid and section.

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