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Detailed request to get men back using laboratory (2,5)

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I believe the answer is:

in vitro

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'back using laboratory' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'detailed request to get men' is the wordplay.
'detailed' means to remove the last letter (the word must be end-less or 'de-tailed').
'request' becomes 'invite' (invite is a kind of request).
'to get men' becomes 'ro' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'invite' with its last letter removed is 'invit'.
'invit'+'ro'='IN VITRO'

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(Other definitions for in vitro that I've seen before include "- - fertilisation (IVF)" , "By test tube; under glass" , "Done in a test tube" , "Taking place in a test tube (Latin)" , "In an artificial environment outside the living organism (Latin)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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