- sentisection
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sentisection
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Sentisection — Sen ti*sec tion, n. [L. sentire to feel + E. section.] Painful vivisection; opposed to {callisection}. B. G. Wilder. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sentisection — (ˌsɛntɪˈsɛkʃən) [irreg. f. L. sentīre to feel + sectiōn em section.] The dissection of a living animal without an anæsthetic. in Syd. Soc. Lex. in Century Dict. (citing B. G. Wilder) … Useful english dictionary
sentisection — n. vivisection without use of anaesthetic … Dictionary of difficult words
Callisection — Cal li*sec tion, n. [L. callere to be insensible + E. section.] Painless vivisection; opposed to {sentisection}. B. G. Wilder … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
