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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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