in vitro fertilization

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Noun

in vitro fertilization (countable and uncountable, plural in vitro fertilizations) (Abbreviated as: IVF)

  1. (medicine) The fertilization of an ovum by sperm outside of a woman's body; normally used as a treatment for infertility.
    • 2017 March 21, Carl Zimmer, “A New Form of Stem-Cell Engineering Raises Ethical Questions”, in The New York Times‎[1], archived from the original on 23 March 2017:
      In recent years, scientists have moved beyond in vitro fertilization. They are starting to assemble stem cells that can organize themselves into embryolike structures.

Translations

(medicine) the fertilization of an egg by sperm outside of a woman's body

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