in vitro fertilization

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Definition of in vitro fertilization

: fertilization of an egg in a laboratory dish or test tube specifically : fertilization by mixing sperm with eggs surgically removed from an ovary followed by uterine implantation of one or more of the resulting fertilized eggs —abbreviation IVF

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Recent Examples on the Web McClaren’s work also laid the basic foundation for in vitro fertilization (IVF), the procedure that fertility clinics use to grow human embryos in a medical lab and then implant the embryo into the mother’s uterus. — Kiona N. Smith, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2021 The US Department of Veterans Affairs began temporarily providing in vitro fertilization services for veterans four years ago, but lawmakers must re-authorize the provision each year. — Chloe Melas, Cnn, And Video By Frank Fenimore, CNN, 18 Apr. 2021 Unable to conceive, the couple endured a series of grueling in vitro fertilization procedures until Kate finally became pregnant with Madeleine. — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2021 Fertility care is healthcare that involves treatments like fertility analysis, egg freezing, and in vitro fertilization (IVF), as well as family-forming programs like gestational carrier services (often referred to as surrogacy), and adoption. — Fortune, 5 Apr. 2021 Shay froze her eggs — 16 total — in January and July of last year, and previously opened up about the in vitro fertilization process during her first retrieval round. — Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com, 28 Aug. 2020 As a gay man seeking to start a family, Evanston pediatrician Zachary Marcus faces bills for everything from compensation for the woman who will carry his baby, to in vitro fertilization and genetic testing. — Nara Schoenberg, chicagotribune.com, 1 Apr. 2021 Vazquez started her in vitro fertilization and intrauterine insemination journey back in 2015. — Tomás Mier, PEOPLE.com, 30 Mar. 2021 Hanna says the next step is to attempt to grow mouse embryos created by in vitro fertilization, rather than ones from natural pregnancies. — Gretchen Vogel, Science | AAAS, 17 Mar. 2021

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in vitro fertilization

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Medical Definition of in vitro fertilization

: fertilization of an egg in a laboratory dish or test tube specifically : mixture usually in a laboratory dish of sperm with eggs which have been obtained from an ovary that is followed by introduction of one or more of the resulting fertilized eggs into a female's uterus —abbreviation IVF