ex vivo
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- adjective
- /ɛks ˈviːvoʊ/
- Specialized
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ex vivo
- To test the effects of the new drug, researchers conducted an experiment ex vivo on heart cells.
- RBCs ex vivo
- ex vivo RBC
- ex vivo RBC transfusion
Examples
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Aside from the needs of transfusion medicine, ex vivo-generated RBCs may have broader uses as drug delivery vehicles and in other specific circumstances.
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The researchers found that ex vivo studies help clarify the behavior of cells outside a living organism.
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Normally there is aggressive reaction of the immune cells ex vivo in laboratory setting.
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Perhaps the most obvious goal for ex vivo manufacture of mature blood cell products is the production of RBCs.
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Recent advances have increased excitement about the potential therapeutic production of RBCs ex vivo.
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Ex vivo-generated RBCs are needed to address specific needs in transfusion medicine.
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Generating enough RBCs ex vivo for transfusion medicine probably represents the primary technical challenge.
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We next sought to establish whether the defects observed ex vivo had significant physiological consequences.
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Researchers have strived for decades to replicate the HSC niche ex vivo.
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A key limitation of using ex vivo rather than in vivo larynges is the lack of neural input.
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Synonyms
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5.4
Take place outside a living body in a lab, for example in a test tube
How Artificial
Surface Forms
Morphology
ex + vivo
The phrase is transparently built from Latin constituents 'ex' (out of/from) + 'vivo' (living), so the literal composition yields 'outside the living', which directly maps to the meaning 'outside a living organism'. It is a technical Latinised term commonly used across languages, so learners who know the constituents or their Romance cognates will readily infer the meaning, though it may be unfamiliar to B1 learners without that background.
Etymology
Ex vivo creates the image of cells or a small organ taken out of a living body to be watched or tested 'in a lab' instead of inside the person or animal. The two parts, ex ('out of') and vivo ('living'), explain why the term means something done 'outside the body' in an artificial setting.