Laboratory Procedure
organ culture
Subclass of:
Culture Techniques
Definitions related to organ culture techniques:
  • (organ culture) Technique for maintenance or growth of animal organs in vitro; refers to three-dimensional cultures of undisaggregated tissue retaining some or all of the histological features of the tissue in vivo.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • (organ culture) The maintenance or growth of tissues, organ primordia, or the parts or whole of an organ in vitro in such a way as to allow differentiation or preservation of the architecture or function.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A technique for maintenance or growth of animal organs in vitro. It refers to three-dimensional cultures of undisaggregated tissue retaining some or all of the histological features of the tissue in vivo. (Freshney, Culture of Animal Cells, 3d ed, p1)
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
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