in vitro

See also: invitro and in-vitro

English

Alternative forms

• in-vitro (as attributive adjective)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin in vitro (“within the glass”).

Adjective

in vitro (not comparable)

1. In an artificial environment outside the living organism.

Antonyms

• in vivo

Translations

adjective: in an artificial environment outside the living organism

• Catalan: in vitro (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 離體, 离体 (lítǐ)

• French: in vitro (fr)

• Italian: in vitro (it)
• Persian: در جام‎ (dar jām)
• Portuguese: in vitro (pt)
• Spanish: in vitro (es)

Adverb

in vitro (not comparable)

1. In an artificial environment outside the living organism.

Antonyms

• in vivo

Derived terms

• in vitro fertilization

Translations

adverb: in an artificial environment outside the living organism

• Hungarian: lombikban, laboratóriumi körülmények között, in vitro (hu)

See also

• in silico

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin in vitro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪn ˈvi.troː/

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Prepositional phrase

in vitro

1. in vitro

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Interlingua

Phrase

in vitro

1. in vitro

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in ˈvi.tro/
• Hyphenation: in‧vì‧tro

Adjective

in vitro (invariable)

1. in vitro

   Synonym: in provetta

Derived terms

• fecondazione in vitro

Anagrams

• nitrivo, rinvito, rinvitò, rivinto, tornivi

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Portuguese

Adjective

in vitro (plural in vitro, comparable)

1. in vitro (in an artificial environment, outside the living organism)

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Spanish

Adjective

in vitro (invariable)

1. in vitro (in an artificial environment, outside the living organism)

Further reading

• “in vitro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014