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in vitro

A Dictionary of Biology | 2004 | Copyright

in vitro Describing biological processes that are made to occur outside the living body, in laboratory apparatus (literally ‘in glass’, i.e. in a test tube). In in vitro fertilization, mature egg cells are removed from the ovary of a woman unable to conceive normally and fertilized externally; the resultant blastocyst is implanted into her uterus. Compare in vivo.

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A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | | Copyright

in vitro Literally ‘in glass’, but applied more generally to studies on living material that are performed outside the living organism from which the material is derived. Examples include the use of a perfused organ, tissue cultures, cell homogenates, and subcellular fractions.

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in vitro

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

in vi·tro / in ˈvēˌtrō/ • adj. & adv. Biol. (of processes or reactions) taking place in a test tube, culture dish, or elsewhere outside a living organism: [as adj.] in vitro fertilization. The opposite of in vivo.

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A Dictionary of Ecology | 2004 | | Copyright

in vitro Literally, ‘in glass’, but applied more generally to studies on living material which are performed outside the living organism from which the material is derived. Examples include the use of tissue cultures, cell homogenates, and subcellular fractions.

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A Dictionary of Plant Sciences | 1998 | | Copyright

in vitro Literally, ‘in glass’, but applied more generally to studies on living material that are performed outside the living organism from which the material is derived. Examples include the use of tissue cultures, cell homogenates, and subcellular fractions.

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A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition | 2005 | | Copyright

in vitro Literally ‘in glass’; used to indicate an observation made experimentally in the test‐tube, as distinct from the natural living conditions, in vivo.

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A Dictionary of Nursing | 2008 | Copyright

in vitro (in vee-troh) Latin: describing biological phenomena that are made to occur outside the living body (traditionally in a test-tube).

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