In-vitro-fertilization
noun
1.
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.
noun
1.
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 IVF
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.
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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