in vitro

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in vi·tro | \ in-ˈvē-(ˌ)trō

, -ˈvi-, -ˈwē-

Definition of in vitro

: outside the living body and in an artificial environment

Examples of in vitro in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web If lab tests found the fish to be healthy, its sperm would be combined in vitro with eggs from wild females. — Author: Richard Read, Anchorage Daily News, 26 July 2021 If lab tests found the fish to be healthy, its sperm would be combined in vitro with eggs from wild females. — Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2021 The experiment, published Thursday in Science, marks the first time that researchers have overcome a key hurdle in the hunt for achieving one of reproductive medicine’s wilder ideas: in vitro gametogenesis, or IVG. — Megan Molteni, STAT, 18 July 2021 Researches have showed physiological properties of fish cell- and tissue- culture may be uniquely suited to cultivation in vitro. — Daniela De Lorenzo, Forbes, 6 June 2021 Should in vitro embryos with genetic disorders be implanted or ruled out? — Kiona N. Smith, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2021 The compound protected human cells from infection in vitro. — Robert F. Service, Science | AAAS, 11 Mar. 2021 As opposed to many in vitro studies where mutations are artificially created, Rappuoli and his team co-incubated live virus with a highly neutralizing plasma from a patient infected with the wild-type. — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021 Grande-Allen’s lab has been funded by NASA to develop an early stage in vitro cell model to study the effects of space radiation on cardiovascular disease. — Eric Niiler, Wired, 11 Feb. 2021

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