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in vitro

[in vee-troh]

adverb

  1. (of a biological process) made to occur in a laboratory vessel or other controlled experimental environment rather than within a living organism or natural setting.



in vitro

/ ɪn ˈviːtrəʊ /

adverb

  1. (of biological processes or reactions) made to occur outside the living organism in an artificial environment, such as a culture medium

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

in vitro

  1. In an artificial environment, such as a test tube.

  2. Compare in vivo

in vitro

  1. In the laboratory; literally, “in glass” (laboratory experiments are often carried out in glass containers). In vitro conditions are distinguished from conditions that actually apply in nature. (Compare in vivo.)

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In vitro appears in the expression in vitro fertilization , a way of producing human embryos in a laboratory.
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of in vitro1

First recorded in 1890–95; from Latin in vitrō, literally, “in glass”
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of in vitro1

New Latin, literally: in glass
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In what Abdallah described as a series of miracles, nobody was in the clinic last Saturday morning and its in vitro fertilization lab remained intact despite the mighty force of the explosion.

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There was extensive damage to American Reproductive Centers, a fertility clinic and in vitro fertilization lab across the street from Desert Regional Medical Center.

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Photos from the scene showed extensive damage to American Reproductive Centers, a fertility clinic and in vitro fertilization lab across the street from Desert Regional Medical Center.

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Clinics can lower the risk of miscarriages among women age 40 from 50% to 10% by conducting genetic tests on embryos created with in vitro fertilization before they are implanted, she said.

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