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Definition of In vitro

1. Adverb. In an artificial environment outside the living organism. "An egg fertilized in vitro"

2. Adjective. In an artificial environment outside the living organism. "In vitro fertilization"

Definition of In vitro

1. Adjective. In an artificial environment outside the living organism. ¹

2. Adverb. In an artificial environment outside the living organism. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of In vitro

1. Within a glass, observable in a test tube, in an artificial environment. (28 Oct 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of In Vitro

in two shakes of a lamb's tail in two ways in twos in unison in unity there is strength in ure in use in use(p) in utero in vacuo

in vain in view in view of in vino veritas in virtue of in vitro in vitro fertilisation in vivo in vivo fertilization in vogue(p)

in ways in width(p) in with a chance in working order(p) in writing in writing(p) in your birthday suit in your dreams in your face

Literary usage of In vitro

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"Nifedipine on prolactin release in vitro. Nifedipine at 10, 100, ... Nifedipine on LH release in vitro. Neither nifedipine nor TRH affected LH release from ..."

2. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"... exchanges (SCEs) and chromosomal aberrations in vitro using human lymphocytes. In the present study, 22 workers from the same factory and 12 controls ..."

3. Reviews in Environmental Health (1998): Toxicological Defense Mechanics edited by Gary E. R. Hook, George W. Lucier (2000)
"Conclusions Many of the in vitro experiments that assess the toxicity of various ... However, they present an opportunity to use in vitro methodologies for ..."

4. Dwarf Mistletoes: Biology, Pathology, and Systematics by Frank G. Hawksworth, Delbert Wiens (1998)
"in vitro Culture Blakely (1959) unsuccessfully attempted in vitro ... In a few cases, callus cultures of infected P. menziesii tissues were grown in vitro, ..."

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