fertilized
adjective
fer·til·ized
ˈfər-tə-ˌlīzd 
: having undergone fertilization
a fertilized egg
: subjected to fertilization
fertilized fields
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After being allowed to age for a period of usually three to six days, one (or sometimes more) of the fertilized embryos, called blastocysts, is then transferred into the uterus, which will hopefully lead to implantation and a healthy pregnancy.
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Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 5 June 2024
Cultivated products are grown in steel tanks using cells from a living animal, a fertilized egg, or a storage bank.
—Dee-Ann Durbin, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 June 2024
Cultivated products are grown in steel tanks using cells from a living animal, a fertilized egg or a storage bank.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 31 May 2024
Specialized systems differentiating from a single fertilized egg and the translation of a jumble of proteins into a singular living thing — on the cellular level, all of that proceeds in much the same way for urchins and people.
—Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2024
To make raw material for an influenza vaccine, virus is grown in millions of fertilized eggs.
—Arthur Allen, CBS News, 29 May 2024
For both menstrual mood disorders, symptoms surface during the luteal phase, when the hormones estrogen and progesterone increase in the body to thicken the lining of the uterus, then decline if there’s no fertilized egg present.
—Angela Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 26 Feb. 2024
The fertilized egg then evolves into a float that returns to the surface and forms another colony.
—Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2024
But biologists don’t believe that aging and death are programmed in the sense that a fertilized egg is programmed to develop into a human being.
—Jessica Dulong, CNN, 9 Apr. 2024
Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 5 June 2024
Cultivated products are grown in steel tanks using cells from a living animal, a fertilized egg, or a storage bank.
—Dee-Ann Durbin, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 June 2024
Cultivated products are grown in steel tanks using cells from a living animal, a fertilized egg or a storage bank.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 31 May 2024
Specialized systems differentiating from a single fertilized egg and the translation of a jumble of proteins into a singular living thing — on the cellular level, all of that proceeds in much the same way for urchins and people.
—Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2024
To make raw material for an influenza vaccine, virus is grown in millions of fertilized eggs.
—Arthur Allen, CBS News, 29 May 2024
For both menstrual mood disorders, symptoms surface during the luteal phase, when the hormones estrogen and progesterone increase in the body to thicken the lining of the uterus, then decline if there’s no fertilized egg present.
—Angela Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 26 Feb. 2024
The fertilized egg then evolves into a float that returns to the surface and forms another colony.
—Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2024
But biologists don’t believe that aging and death are programmed in the sense that a fertilized egg is programmed to develop into a human being.
—Jessica Dulong, CNN, 9 Apr. 2024
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“Fertilized.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fertilized. Accessed 20 Jun. 2024.
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