in vivo
adverb or adjective
in vi·vo
| \ in-ˈvē-(ˌ)vō
, -ˈwē-(ˌ)wō\
, -ˈwē-(ˌ)wō\
Definition of in vivo
: in the living body of a plant or animal
Examples of in vivo in a Sentence
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In-display fingerprint sensors have been around for a little while now, having first appeared in Vivo’s X20 Plus UD early last year. — Jon Porter, The Verge, "Apple’s iPhone will have an in-display fingerprint sensor in 2021, analyst claims," 5 Aug. 2019 So that will be in vitro and in vivo work in animals, and then validating that in human lactation studies. — STAT, "How Europe is building a sweeping system to study medication safety in pregnant and lactating women," 21 June 2019 If a drug passes initial screening tests in vitro, researchers next test it in vivo in live animals to determine the effects of a new drug on a whole system instead of just one cell type at a time. — Smithsonian, "How Putting Organs on Chips Could Revolutionize Medicine," 31 May 2018 On the question of whether CRISPR can be safely used in vivo, the stakes are high for many. — Meghana Keshavan, STAT, "CRISPR paper that sent stocks tumbling is retracted," 30 Mar. 2018 If wider studies do, in fact, confirm that CCL11 can be used as a specific in vivo marker for CTE, then what? — Jenny Vrentas, SI.com, "Diagnosing CTE: A Breakthrough Could Be Here ‘In the Next Five Years’," 27 Sep. 2017 Tissue clearing, in combination with in vivo bioluminescence, allows a three-dimensional scan of a whole organ, or a whole body, very quickly. — Nathan Hurst, Smithsonian, "Transparent Mice Let Researchers See Cancer Spread in Real Time," 6 July 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'in vivo.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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in vivo
adverb or adjective
in vi·vo
| \ in-ˈvē-(ˌ)vō
\
\
Medical Definition of in vivo
1
: in the living body of a plant or animal
in vivo synthesis of DNA microorganisms are not ordinarily destroyed in vivo by bacteriostatic drugs — Journal of the American Medical Association
2
: in a real-life situation
observing a patient's behavior in vivo