Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adverb & adjective In an artificial environment outside a living organism.

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  • adverb medicine An environment outside the living organism.

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  • adverb in an artificial environment outside the living organism
  • adjective in an artificial environment outside the living organism

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[New Latin ex vivō, out of the living (organism) : Latin ex, out of, from + Latin vīvō, ablative of vīvus, living, a living body.]

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From Latin ex vivo

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