Meaning Of The Word In vitro

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in vitro
In vitro fertilization is a method of helping a woman to have a baby in which an egg is removed from one of her ovaries, fertilized outside her body, and then replaced in her womb.

in vitro in American English
made to occur in a laboratory vessel or other controlled experimental environment rather than within a living organism or natural setting
outside or isolated from the living organism and in a test tube or other artificial environment

in vitro in British English
(of biological processes or reactions) made to occur outside the living organism in an artificial environment, such as a culture medium

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