• (n.) Opposition to vivisection.
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Opposition to the use of living animals for experimentation. ... See: vivisection. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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An`ti·viv`i·sec'tion noun Opposition to vivisection.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: an′tē-viv′i-sek′shŭn Definitions: 1. Opposition to the use of living animals for experimentation. See: vivisection
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antivivisection 1. Opposition to the use of living animals for experimentation. 2. Protection of animals from cruelty through requirements of humane treatment. Laws protecting animal rights proscribe certain descriptions of brutal and merciless treatment of animals in medical and scientific research and in the handling of and the slaughter of anim...
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Opposition to vivisection, that is, experiments on living animals, which is practised in the pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries on the grounds that it may result in discoveries of importance to medical science. Antivivisectionists argue that it is immoral to inflict pain on helpless creatures, and that it is unscientific because results achiev...
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