Definition of in vivo in English:
in vivo
adjective
Biology(of a process) performed or taking place in a living organism.
The opposite of in vitro‘in vivo studies in animals’- ‘Resin plates were contaminated in vivo upon intraoral use by 10 volunteers for 7 nights.’
- ‘An in vivo human bronchial xenograft model system was used to simultaneously analyze electrolyte and fluid transport defects in fully differentiated human cystic fibrosis (CF) and non-CF proximal airways.’
Pronunciation
adverb
BiologyPronunciation
Origin
Early 20th century Latin, literally ‘in a living thing’.
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