fiat experimentum in corpore vili

foreign term fi·at ex·pe·ri·men·tum in cor·po·re vi·li \ˈfē-ˌät-ek-ˌsper-ē-ˈmen-ˌtu̇m-in-ˌkȯr-pȯ-re-ˈwē-lē\

Definition of FIAT EXPERIMENTUM IN CORPORE VILI

: let experiment be made on a worthless body

Latin

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