See Also: dense(dictionary)
dense(dictionary)
dense bodies(medicine)
dense spleen(medicine)
dense liver(medicine)
dense-deposit disease(medicine)
dense metaphyseal bands(medicine)
pericanicular dense bodies(medicine)
subplasmalemmal dense zone(medicine)
large, dense breast lesions(medicine)

vivisection (iou) and dense (oh)


vivisection (iou)



vivisection noun. E18.
[from Latin vivus alive + SECTION noun, after dissection.]
The action of cutting or dissecting part of a living organism. Now usu. spec. (& usu. depreciative), dissection or Other experimentation carried out on living animals for the purposes of scientific research. E18.
b. An operation of this Nature. M19.
fig. Excessively minute or ruthless investigation or criticism. L19.
vivisectional adjective (a) of, pertaining to, or of the Nature of vivisection; (b) performing vivisection: M19.
vivisectionally adverb L19.
vivisectionist noun a practitioner or defender of vivisection L19.
vivisective adjective = vivisectional (b) L19.
vivisector noun a practitioner of vivisection M19.

dense (oh)



[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin; Origin: densus]
made of or containing a lot of things or people that are very close together
-synonym thick thick
dense undergrowth/forest/woodland/jungle etc
::A narrow track wound steeply up through dense forest.
::a dense rurally-based population
difficult to see through or breathe in
dense fog/smoke/cloud
::dense black smoke
informal not able to understand things easily
-synonym stupid stupid
::Am I being dense? I don't quite understand.
a dense piece of Writing is difficult to understand because it contains a lot of information or uses complicated language
technical a substance that is dense has a lot of mass in relation to its size
::Water is eight hundred times denser than air.
-- densely adv
::a densely populated area
-- denseness n [U]