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in vitro fertilization

n
(Medicine) 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. Abbreviation: IVF
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in vi′tro fertiliza′tion


n.
a technique by which an ovum is fertilized with sperm in a laboratory dish and subsequently implanted in a uterus for gestation. Abbr.: IVF
[1970–75]
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in vitro fertilization

n (Med) → fecondazione f in vitro
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