IN SITU

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does in situ mean? 

• IN SITU (adjective)
  The adjective IN SITU has 1 sense:

1. being in the original position; not having been moved

  Familiarity information: IN SITU used as an adjective is very rare.

• IN SITU (adverb)
  The adverb IN SITU has 2 senses:

1. in position

2. in the original or natural place or site

  Familiarity information: IN SITU used as an adverb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IN SITU (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Being in the original position; not having been moved

Synonyms:

in-situ; in situ; unmoved

Context example:

an in-situ investigator

Similar:

unaltered; unchanged (remaining in an original state)

• IN SITU (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In position

Sense 2

Meaning:

In the original or natural place or site

Synonyms:

in place; in situ

Context example:

the archeologists left the pottery in place

 Context examples 

In most cases it is associated with carcinoma in situ.

(Bladder Small Cell Neuroendocrine Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called cervical squamous intraepithelial neoplasia 3 and stage 0 cervical carcinoma in situ.

(CIN 3, NCI Dictionary)

Intraurothelial neoplasia characterized by dysplastic changes which are not severe enough to warrant the diagnosis of bladder carcinoma in situ. — 2003

(Bladder Low Grade Intraurothelial Neoplasia, NCI Thesaurus)

Focal architectural features of low grade ductal carcinoma in situ are present.

(Atypical ductal breast hyperplasia, NCI Thesaurus)

A ductal breast carcinoma in situ, characterized by the presence of neoplastic epithelial cells with apocrine differentiation.

(Apocrine Breast Carcinoma In Situ, NCI Thesaurus)

A form of squamous cell carcinoma in situ.

(Bowen Disease of the Skin, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include invasive ductal carcinoma not otherwise specified, ductal carcinoma in situ, inflammatory carcinoma, secretory carcinoma, signet ring cell carcinoma, tubular carcinoma, invasive lobular carcinoma, and lobular carcinoma in situ.

(Breast Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Tis: Carcinoma in situ: intraepithelial or invasion of lamina propria.

(Cecum Carcinoma In Situ, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called stage 0 breast carcinoma in situ.

(Breast carcinoma in situ, NCI Dictionary)

Breast cancer with a finding of lobular carcinoma in situ.

(Breast Cancer pTis (LCIS) TNM Finding, NCI Thesaurus)