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test-tube

adjective as in in vitro

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Eggs made in a test tube couldn’t develop naturally outside the ovary.

This is the “gold standard” of making sperm or eggs inside a test tube, said Yang and Ng.

You could, in theory, have a huge DNA library stored in a test tube—Bathe notes a coffee mug of DNA could store all the world’s data—but without an easy way to search and retrieve the exact file you’re looking for, it’s worthless.

In a test tube, ACE2 opened pig cells to SARS-CoV-2 like a welcome friend.

Those test tube studies are the source of most recent headlines about variants getting around protection conferred by vaccines.

It is a mega-leap from the agar and test-tube finding to real patients and their delicate lungs.

Scientists hope the five-ounce patty, made from 100 percent test-tube meat, heralds the future of food production.

Participants would spit in a test tube before the start of the match, immediately after, and the next morning.

Should the vapor not condense well, the test-tube may be immersed in a glass of cold water.

For comparison, the gas may be passed through a test-tube containing an equal amount of distilled water.

The animal body is not a test-tube and, in it, the laws of physics are modified by those of physiology.

If sulphur is put into a test tube and heated, it at first melts and becomes quite thin like water.

To a little of this filtrate in a test tube add the same volume of a saturated aqueous solution of picric acid.

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On this page you'll find 3 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to test-tube, such as: artificial insemination, and outside the womb.

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