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in vi⋅vo

  [in vee-voh]
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–noun
(of a biological process) occurring or made to occur within a living organism or natural setting.
Compare in vitro.

Origin:
1900–05; < L in vīvō in (something) alive
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in vi·vo   (vē'vō)   
adv.   & adj.
Within a living organism: metabolic studies conducted in vivo; in vivo techniques.

[New Latin in vīvō : Latin in, in + Latin vīvō, ablative of vīvus, living, a living body.]
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Cultural Dictionary

in vivo [(in vee-voh)]

In nature; literally, “in life.” In vivo conditions are distinguished from those that might exist only in a laboratory. (Compare in vitro.)

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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: in vi·vo
Pronunciation: in-'vE-(")vO
Function: adverb or adjective
1 : in the living body of a plant or animal <in vivosynthesis of DNA> in vivo by bacteriostatic drugs —Journal of the American Medical Association>
2 : in areal-life situation in vivo>
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in vivo in vi·vo (vē'vō)
adj.
Within a living organism.

in vivo adv.

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