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test-tube baby
test-tube babyn. A baby developed from an egg that was fertilized outside the body and then implanted in the uterus of the biological or surrogate mother.test-tube baby n 1. (Medicine) a fetus that has developed from an ovum fertilized in an artificial womb 2. (Medicine) a baby conceived by artificial insemination test′-tube` ba′by
n. an infant developed from an ovum fertilized in vitro and implanted into a woman's uterus. [1930–35] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | test-tube baby - a baby conceived by fertilization that occurs outside the mother's body; the woman's ova are removed and mixed with sperm in a culture medium - if fertilization occurs the blastocyte is implanted in the woman's uterusbabe, baby, infant - a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk; "the baby began to cry again"; "she held the baby in her arms"; "it sounds simple, but when you have your own baby it is all so different" |
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test-tube baby: see in vitro fertilizationin vitro fertilization
(IVF), technique for conception of a human embryo outside the mother's body. Several ova, or eggs, are removed from the mother's body and placed in special laboratory culture dishes (Petri dishes); sperm from the father are then added, or in many cases a
..... Click the link for more information. .test-tube babyLouise Brown; first successful fertilization outside the body (1978). [Br. Hist.: Facts (1978), 596–597]See: Childbirthtest-tube baby1. a fetus that has developed from an ovum fertilized in an artificial womb 2. a baby conceived by artificial insemination test-tube baby
test-·tube ba·bypopular term for a baby born after uterine implantation of a maternal oocyte fertilized in vitro.test-tube babyn. A baby developed from an egg that was fertilized outside the body and then implanted in the uterus of the biological or surrogate mother.test-tube baby A term gestational product resulting from in vitro fertilization of an egg implanted in a uterus and carried to term by either the genetic mother or by a surrogate–gestational mother. See Artificial reproduction, Baby M, in vitro reproduction, Surrogate motherhood. test-tube ba·by (test-tūb bā'bē) Popular term for a baby born after uterine implantation of a maternal oocyte fertilized in vitro. test-tube baby
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