vivissecção
Portuguese, noun/vi.vi.sekˈsɐ̃w̃/
vivissecção is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “vivisection (surgery on a living organism for research purposes)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does vivissecção mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininevivisection (surgery on a living organism for research purposes)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of vivissecção
- vivissecções plural
- vivisseção alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vivissecção?
- Brazil /vi.vi.sekˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [vi.vi.sekˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /vi.vi.sɛkˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vivissecção
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vivissecção in Portuguese?
vivissecção appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).