in vitro
adverb or adjective
in vi·tro
in-ˈvē-(ˌ)trō 
-ˈvi-
-ˈvi-
-ˈwē-
: outside the living body and in an artificial environment
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In what Abdallah described as a series of miracles, nobody was in the clinic last Saturday morning and its in vitro fertilization lab remained intact despite the mighty force of the explosion.
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Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2025
These days, with Gerardi openly sharing her fertility journey and experiences with in vitro fertilization — a treatment that extracts eggs and fertilizes them with sperm outside of the body — her socials have become a communal space for others going through similar struggles.
—Dhanika Pineda, NPR, 4 June 2025
The recent attack on a California fertility clinic has placed in vitro fertilization back into the national spotlight, but experts in the field say that a conservative focus on natural conception is an even bigger threat to IVF access.
—Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 25 May 2025
Though the building was destroyed, the center’s in vitro fertilization lab and embryos are stored at a different location and were not damaged, the company said.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 18 May 2025
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Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2025
These days, with Gerardi openly sharing her fertility journey and experiences with in vitro fertilization — a treatment that extracts eggs and fertilizes them with sperm outside of the body — her socials have become a communal space for others going through similar struggles.
—Dhanika Pineda, NPR, 4 June 2025
The recent attack on a California fertility clinic has placed in vitro fertilization back into the national spotlight, but experts in the field say that a conservative focus on natural conception is an even bigger threat to IVF access.
—Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 25 May 2025
Though the building was destroyed, the center’s in vitro fertilization lab and embryos are stored at a different location and were not damaged, the company said.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 18 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for in vitro
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“In vitro.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20vitro. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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in vitro
adverb or adjective
in vi·tro
in-ˈvē-(ˌ)trō
: outside the living body and in an artificial environment
an egg fertilized in vitro
Etymology
Latin, literally, "in glass"
Medical Definition
in vitro
adverb or adjective
in vi·tro
in-ˈvē-(ˌ)trō
-ˈvi-
-ˈvi-
: outside the living body and in an artificial environment
growth of cells in vitro
in vitro studies
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