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In situ   Listen
adverb
In situ  adv., adj.  
1.
In its natural or original position or place; in position; said specif., in geology, of a rock, soil, or fossil, when in the situation in which it was originally formed or deposited.
2.
(Med.) In its original position; not extending beyond the place of origin; localized and undisturbed; as, carcinoma in situ.





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"In situ" Quotes from Famous Books



... orbits. The snout, lips, jaws, the place at the corner of the mouth over which the maxillary glides and the gill membrane are scaleless. The scales of the body are very regularly disposed, showing rhomboidal disks when in situ, with strongly ciliated edges. The lateral line ascends at its commencement and bends rather suddenly under the first soft dorsal ray to run near and parallel to the ridge of the back. It terminates beneath the sixth ray from the end of the fin, but recommences on the fourth scale beneath, ...
— Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. • J Lort Stokes


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