in vitro

Questions about in vitro

What does in vitro mean?

in vitro means "of a biological process occurring in an artificial environment outside the living organism". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for in vitro?

Close synonyms include ex vivo, ex vivo. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of in vitro?

The recorded antonyms are in vivo.

Is in vitro a common word?

in vitro is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for in vitro come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.