1. people who perform vivisection (surgical operations on living animals for scientific research)
Usage: scientific/medical context

Examples

• The vivisectors carefully monitored the animals during the experiment.
• Animal rights activists protested outside the laboratory where vivisectors worked.
• Medical schools train future vivisectors in proper surgical techniques.
• The vivisectors published their findings in a peer-reviewed journal.
• Strict regulations govern the work of vivisectors in research facilities.
• The vivisectors used anesthesia to minimize animal suffering during procedures.