in vivo

[ in vee-voh ]

/ ɪn ˈvi voʊ /

adverb, adjective

(of a biological process) occurring or made to occur within a living organism or natural setting.

Nearby words

in view, in view of, in vino veritas, in vitro, in vitro fertilization, in vivo, in vivo fertilization, in wait, in waiting, in with, be, in your face

Compare in vitro.

Origin of in vivo

First recorded in 1900–05, in vivo is from the Latin word in vīvō in (something) alive

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Examples from the Web for vivo

The figure is just as Vasari describes it, ritratto dal' vivo e senza artificio niuno.
The Earlier Work of Titian|Claude Phillips
Having no further need of the post administrador, or the services of his vivo mule, I sought the public meson.
Los Gringos|H. A. (Henry Agustus) Wise
Vivo tamen in ea ambitione et labore tanquam id, quod non postulo, expectem.
Dissertation on the English Language|Noah Webster, Jr.
In this case then the condition of the blood in vivo is satisfactorily explained by the absence of function of bone-marrow.
Histology of the Blood|Paul Ehrlich

An exploratory investigation of the effect in vivo and in vitro of cockroach tissues on the viability of Newcastle disease virus.
The Biotic Associations of Cockroaches|Louis M. Roth

British Dictionary definitions for vivo (1 of 2)

vivo

/ (ˈviːvəʊ) /

adjective, adverb

music (in combination) with life and vigourallegro vivo

Word Origin for vivo

Italian: lively

British Dictionary definitions for vivo (2 of 2)

in vivo

/ (ɪn ˈviːvəʊ) /

adverb, adjective

(of biological processes or experiments) occurring or carried out in the living organism

Word Origin for in vivo

New Latin, literally: in a living (thing)

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Medicine definitions for vivo

in vivo

[ vē′vō ]

adj.

Within a living organism.

Related forms

in vivo adv.

Science definitions for vivo

in vivo

[ ĭn vē′vō ]

Inside a living organism. Compare in vitro.

Culture definitions for vivo

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.)