test-tube

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"In vitro" refers to studies that take place in test tubes, petri dishes, or otherwise outside of human patients.

From Salon

That is not to imply we spend our days either fiddling with Bunsen burners and test tubes or composing odes and flinging gobs of paint at inanimate objects.

From New York Times

“In 2003, the U.S. side used a test tube of laundry powder as evidence for Iraq’s possession of weapons of mass destruction,” the spokesperson said.

From Washington Times

After swabbing your nose, dip the swab in a solution in a test tube, and then in a test strip.

From New York Times

Colleges may need to keep asking students to swab inside their noses or spit in test tubes to check for resurgence of the virus or the spread of variants.

From Washington Post