: a plain or lipped tube usually of thin glass closed at one end and used especially in chemistry and biology
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Kristen V. Brown, The Atlantic, 26 Sep. 2024
In a departure from her usual beat, Ms. Hosler wrote a moving first person account in 1985 for the old Sunday Sun Magazine about her experiences as one of the first to go through Hopkins’s test-tube baby program which in her case was not successful.
—Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 11 Feb. 2024
Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 6 Nov. 2024
What’s more, the potential benefits of other plant ingredients used in these supplements, like lion’s mane mushrooms, are mostly backed by in-vitro studies (a.k.a. experiments done on cells in a test tube) or rodent studies.
—Jessie Van Amburg, SELF, 29 Oct. 2024
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Adjective
Even before the birth of the first test-tube baby, conservative thinkers were distinctly preoccupied with what IVF might do to the structure of the American family.
—Kristen V. Brown, The Atlantic, 26 Sep. 2024
In a departure from her usual beat, Ms. Hosler wrote a moving first person account in 1985 for the old Sunday Sun Magazine about her experiences as one of the first to go through Hopkins’s test-tube baby program which in her case was not successful.
—Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 11 Feb. 2024
Noun
Every student followed protocol to preserve the fish and minimize contamination, in many cases hauling gloves, test tubes, and coolers around in their cars.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 6 Nov. 2024
What’s more, the potential benefits of other plant ingredients used in these supplements, like lion’s mane mushrooms, are mostly backed by in-vitro studies (a.k.a. experiments done on cells in a test tube) or rodent studies.
—Jessie Van Amburg, SELF, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Test-tube.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/test-tube. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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