embryo transfer
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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.

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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embryo			During the first period, double embryo transfer was the norm, with single embryos being implanted in only four percent of women. Single embryo implants work better: study by AFP / AFP Global Edition He said he had written to the health minister asking her to influence healthcare trusts to increase availability of treatment on the NHS, because women who only had access to one funded cycle were more likely to beg for a double embryo transfer. Call for more NHS funding to reduce twin births by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk A recent study in Finland found that single embryo transfer results were better than double embryo transfers. YourLIFE: IVF twins out for women under 35; BEHIND THE HEADLINES by The Mirror (London, England)			double cream double creme double crochet double cross double dagger double damages double date Double dealer Double dealing double decomposition double decomposition reaction double density double digging double digit double dip double dipper double dipping double door double dribble Double drum double drummer double dutch double dye double eagle Double elephant paper Double embryo transfer double entendre double entry double exposure double fault double feature double fertilization double figure double first double flat Double floor double flow route Double flower Double fugue Double geared double genitive double glazing double Gloucester double gold double helix Double image micrometer double indemnity double jeopardy double knit double knitting double leg circle			Double Duty Heat Killer double dye double E PROM double eagle Double Eagle (U.S. coin) Double Eagle Coin of the United States Double Eagle Holdings, Ltd. Double Eagle uzi w/laser Double eagles double eaves course double ebb Double Echo Steady State Double Edge Notch Tension Double Edge Sword Records Double Edge-Triggered D-Type Flip-Flop Double Edged Sword Double effect Double egg yolk double egress frame Double Electron Electron Resonance double electron excitation Double Electron Layer Tunnelling Transistor Double Electron Muon Resonance Double elephant paper Double embryo transfer double emulsion double emulsion double emulsion double emulsion Double End Trimmed Double Ended Double Ended Break Double Ended Cold Leg Double Ended Guillotine Double Ended Guillotine Break Double Ended Hot Leg Double Ended Loop Testing Double Ended Pump Suction Double Ended Pump Suction Guillotine Double Ended Push Pull Double ended queue Double ended queue Double Ended Suction Leg Double Ended Suction Leg Slot Double Ended Wad-Cutter double ender double entendre double entendre Double entendré Double entendré Double entendres Double entendres double entry double entry double entry

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embryo transfer (redirected from Double embryo transfer)

embryo transfer
(redirected from Double embryo transfer)