embryo transfer

noun

1

: the final procedure of the in vitro fertilization process that involves transfer of one or more embryos into the uterine cavity typically by using a catheter inserted through the uterine cervix

2

: a procedure used in animal breeding in which an embryo from a superovulated female is removed and reimplanted in the uterus of another female

called also embryo transplant

Examples of embryo transfer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The researchers used a mouse model with in vitro fertilization (IVF) and embryo transfer to separate the two time periods, pre-pregnancy and gestation. —New Atlas, 16 Aug. 2025

Lindsay went in for the embryo transfer on Election Day—November 5, 2024. —Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025

Surrogacy is an agreement between parties to have a woman become pregnant, typically through an embryo transfer, and deliver a baby. —Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 18 July 2025

The California law requires insurers to cover up to three egg retrievals and an unlimited number of embryo transfers. —Kff Health News, Mercury News, 26 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1966, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Rhymes for embryo transfer

• entrepreneur
• restaurateur
• amateur
• connoisseur
• kieselguhr
• monseigneur
• procureur
• retransfer
• saboteur
• silencer
• voyageur
• birr

Medical Definition

embryo transfer

noun

1

: the final procedure of the in vitro fertilization process that involves transfer of one or more embryos into the uterine cavity typically by using a catheter inserted through the uterine cervix

2

: a procedure used in animal breeding in which an embryo from a superovulated female is removed and reimplanted in the uterus of another female

called also embryo transplant