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   in vitro

   /ɪn ˈviːtrəʊ/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a process) performed or taking place in a test tube, culture dish, or elsewhere outside a living organism: "in vitro fertilization"

   adverb

   • 1. in a test tube, culture dish, or elsewhere outside a living organism: "the parasites could not be grown in vitro"

   Word Origin late 19th century: Latin, literally ‘in glass’.

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