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 livingorganism .
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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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