In situ is an adverb meaning in the original place, commonly used in medicine to describe a condition in a localized state.
In situ es un adverbio que significa en el lugar original, usado comúnmente en medicina para describir una condición localizada.
| Front | in situ \in SY-too, SEE-, -tyoo, -choo\ |
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| Back | adverb In the original place. [From Latin in situ (in place). The word is used in medicine to indicate a condition in a localized state, not spread beyond. First recorded use: 1740.] "The sound engineers came to record the nuns in situ." |
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