Definition of In vitro

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

Exact synonyms: Ex Vivo

2. Adjective. In an artificial environment outside the living organism. "In vitro fertilization"
Exact synonyms: Ex Vivo
Antonyms: In Vivo

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 (current term)
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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