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embryo transfer

 
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–noun
the transfer of a developing embryo to or from the uterus of a surrogate mother.
Also called embryo transplant.

Origin:
1970–75
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embryo transfer  
n.   In both senses also called embryo transplant.

  1. The process in which an egg that has been fertilized in vitro is transferred into a recipient's uterus.

  2. A technique used in animal breeding in which an embryo from a superovulated female animal is transferred to the uterus of a recipient female animal.

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Main Entry: embryo transfer
Function: noun
: a procedure used especially in animal breeding in which an embryo from a superovulated female is removed and reimplanted inthe uterus of another female called also embryo transplant
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embryo transfer n.
After artificial insemination, the process by which the fertilized ovum is transferred at the blastocyst stage to the recipient's uterus.

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embryo transfer  
The transfer into a recipient's uterus of an egg that has been fertilized in vitro and is at the blastula stage of development.
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