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”), from vitrum (“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)
• Khmer: ក្នុងកែវ (knongkaew)
• Persian: در جام (dar jâm)
• 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

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin in vitro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪn ˈvi.troː/

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Prepositional phrase

in vitro

1. in vitro

Interlingua

Phrase

in vitro

1. in vitro

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin in vitrō (literally “in glass”).

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

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin in vitro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈvi.trɔ/

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• Rhymes: -itrɔ
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Adjective

in vitro (not comparable, no derived adverb)

1. (biology, medicine) in vitro

Adverb

in vitro (not comparable)

1. (biology, medicine) in vitro

Further reading

• in vitro in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• in vitro in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Adjective

in vitro (invariable)

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

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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10