VIVISECTIONIST

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A biologist who cuts open live animals for research

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("vivisectionist" is a kind of...):

biologist; life scientist ((biology) a scientist who studies living organisms)

Derivation:

vivisection (the act of operating on living animals (especially in scientific research))

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