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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
in si·tu       [in sahy-too, -tyoo, see-; Lat. in sit-oo] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.situated in the original, natural, or existing place or position: The archaeologists were able to date the vase because it was found in situ.
2.Medicine/Medical.
a.in place or position; undisturbed.
b.in a localized state or condition: carcinoma in situ.

[Origin: 1730–40; < L in sitū lit., in place]
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in si·tu       (ĭn sē'tōō, sī'-, sĭch'ōō)  Pronunciation Key 
adv.   & adj.
In the original position.


[Latin in sitū : in, in + sitū, ablative of situs, place.]

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in situ

adverb
in the original or natural place or site; "carcinoma in situ"; "the archeologists left the pottery in place" 

American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
in situ [(in seye-tooh, in sit-ooh)]

In the original place or arrangement: “The body was left in situ until the police arrived.” From Latin, meaning “in position.”


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in situ in si·tu (ĭn sī't&oomacr;)
adj.

  1. In the original position.
  2. Confined to the site of origin.

in situ adv.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

In situ

In` si"tu\ [L.] In its natural position or place; -- said of a rock or fossil, when found in the situation in which it was originally formed or deposited.

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In situ

In si"tu\ [L.] In its natural or original position or place; in position; -- said specif., in geology, of a rock, soil, or fossil, when in the situation in which it was originally formed or deposited.

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