in vitro fertilization

in vitro fertilization

noun
a specialized technique by which an ovum, especially a human one, is fertilized by sperm outside the body, with the resulting embryo later implanted in the uterus for gestation.

Origin:
1970–75
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in vitro fertilization
 
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IVF a technique enabling some women who are unable to conceive to bear children. Egg cells removed from a woman's ovary are fertilized by sperm in vitro; some of the resulting fertilized egg cells are incubated until the blastocyst stage, which are then implanted into her uterus

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in vitro fertilization n.
Fertilization of an egg outside the body of a female by the addition of sperm, as a means of producing a zygote.

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in vitro fertilization  
Fertilization of an egg outside the body of a female by the addition of sperm, as a means of producing a zygote.
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