in situ

2 definitions found

in situ - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  In situ \In si"tu\adv. & adj. [L.]
     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.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     2. (Med.) In its original position; not extending beyond the
        place of origin; localized and undisturbed; as, carcinoma
        in situ.
        [PJC]

in situ - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  in situ
      adv 1: in the original or natural place or site; "carcinoma in
             situ"; "the archeologists left the pottery in place"
             [syn: in situ, in place]