[ noun ] the act of operating on living animals (especially in scientific research) <noun.act>
Vivisection \Viv`i*sec"tion\, n. [L. vivus alive + E. section: cf. F. vivisection. See {Vivid}, and {Section}.] The dissection of an animal while alive, for the purpose of making physiological investigations.
"It looks like he's going after a vivisection," she said.
Earlier this year she narrated a film for Oxfam, the British relief organization, about Cambodia, and she has taken stands on vivisection, homelessness and nuclear arms.