in vitro — meaning in English
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English meaning
- in vitro adjective Taking place in a test tube, dish or other laboratory container rather than inside a living body.
Senses
in vitro is used for these senses in English:
- in vitro In an artificial environment outside the living organism.
in vitro — full definition
- adjective Taking place in a test tube, dish or other laboratory container rather than inside a living body.
- adjective Of fertilisation: carried out in a laboratory, where an egg is combined with sperm outside the body and the resulting embryo is transferred to the womb. Usually in the phrase in vitro fertilisation (IVF).