in vitro
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5.4
- adjective
- /ɪn ˈviːtroʊ/
- Specialized
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in vitro
- Although there's only a 10 percent chance of success... ... many couples have tried in vitro fertilization.
- in vitro fertilization
- in vitro and in vivo
- in vitro studies
And what PCR is, is it's an in vitro method.
- And what PCR is, is it's an in vitro method.
- Let's say that they mandate that you must cover in vitro fertilization.
- So we've done it what we say in vitro in the dish, we've done it in mice.
- A little bit weaker in vivo, but strongly in vitro.
- So the the whole point here is that sex selection is possible, but only using in vitro fertilization.
- The truth about what role, if any, IVF in vitro fertilization played in Governor Walz and his wife's family.
- So over the years, what we did is we moved from in vitro, which this is to small animals, to larger animals like dogs.
Examples
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Over the course of the next term, we will be closely examining cancer cells in vitro and discussing autophagic activity.
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We tried in vitro so many times, and it just wasn't meant to be.
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So over the years, what we did is we moved from in vitro, which this is to small animals, to larger animals like dogs.
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I was wondering, doctor, could the in vitro procedures have been contaminated in any way?
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These are living human cells in in vitro, not in vivo.
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So one thing that I have to buy is in vitro fertilization.
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They just tried in vitro, and it failed.
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Your daughter, she was conceived by in vitro fertilization, correct?
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Another in vitro study with cultured cells found that quercetin does seem to have zinc ionophore activity.
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The laboratory conducts experiments in vitro to study cell behavior outside a living organism.
Synonyms
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9.3
Happening to cells or organs outside a living body in a lab
Antonyms
How Artificial
Surface Forms
Morphology
in + vitro
The phrase literally composes 'in' + 'vitro' (Latin for 'glass'), so there is a detectable link between the constituents and the idea of something occurring 'in/within glass' or an artificial container. However, the specialized scientific extension to ‘outside a living organism, in a lab/test tube’ is technical and relies on domain knowledge (and 'vitro' is not a common English word), so a B1 learner who only knows the literal parts would likely not fully infer the specific biomedical sense.
Etymology
In vitro comes from Latin and literally means 'in glass' because early experiments were done in glass test tubes outside living bodies. That's why in vitro today describes tests or fertilization done 'outside the body' in a lab.