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In vitro

Definition:

In an artificial environment outside a living organism or body. For example, some toxicity testing is done on cell cultures or slices of tissue grown in the laboratory, rather than on a living animal.

Source & ©: ATSDR Glossary of Terms 

Related words:

Cell - In vivo - Tissue


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14-2-2008