the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
v. To perform vivisection upon; to dissect alive.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To dissect the living body of; practise vivisection upon; anatomize, as a living animal.
To practise vivisection; dissect a living animal.
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v. cut (a body) open while still alive
Word Usage
"Wolf Larsen looked curiously at him, as though about to probe and vivisect him, then changed his mind, as from the foregone conclusion that there was nothing there to probe."