in vitro fertilization (IVF)

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• in vitro fertilization (IVF) — or test tube conception Procedure, used to overcome infertility, in which eggs are removed from a woman, fertilized with sperm outside the body, and inserted into the uterus of the same or another woman. The first child thus conceived was born in …   Universalium

• Оплодотворение Искусственное Вне Организма Матери (In Vitro Fertilization, Ivf) — оплодотворение яйцеклетки вне организма; осуществляется путем выращивания зиготы до стадии бластоцисты и се дальнейшей имплантации в матку. Впервые данный метод оплодотворения был применен в Великобритании, и в 1978 году произошли первые роды… …   Медицинские термины

• In vitro fertilization — IVF, a laboratory procedure in which sperm are placed with an unfertilized egg in a Petri dish to achieve fertilization. The embryo is then transferred into the uterus to begin a pregnancy or cryopreserved (frozen) for future use. IVF was… …   Medical dictionary

• in vitro fertilization — a specialized technique by which an ovum, esp. a human one, is fertilized by sperm outside the body, with the resulting embryo later implanted in the uterus for gestation. [1970 75] * * * ▪ medicine Introduction also called  test tube conception  …   Universalium

• in vitro fertilization — noun : fertilization of an egg in a laboratory dish or test tube ; specifically : fertilization achieved by the mixture usually in a laboratory dish of sperm with eggs that have been surgically removed from an ovary followed by implantation of… …   Useful english dictionary

• IVF — abbr. in vitro fertilization. * * * abbreviation in vitro fertilization herein * * * in vitro fertilization. * * * abbrev In vitro fertilization * * * IVF UK [ˌaɪ viː ˈef] US [ˌaɪ vi ˈef] noun [uncountable] in vitro fertilization: the medical… …   Useful english dictionary

• IVF — In vitro fertilization, a laboratory procedure in which sperm are placed with an unfertilized egg in a Petri dish to achieve fertilization. The embryo is then transferred into the uterus to begin a pregnancy or cryopreserved (frozen) for future… …   Medical dictionary

• in vitro fertilization — (IVF) fertilization of an ovum outside the body, the resultant zygote being incubated to the blastocyst stage and then implanted in the uterus. The technique, pioneered in Britain, resulted in 1978 in the birth of the first test tube baby. IVF is …   Medical dictionary

• in vitro fertilization — IVF fertilization of an ovum outside the body, the resultant zygote being incubated to the blastocyst stage and then implanted in the uterus. The technique, pioneered in Britain, resulted in 1978 in the birth of the first test tube baby. IVF may… …   The new mediacal dictionary

• fertilization — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. impregnation, procreation, pollination; enrichment. See production. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The enrichment of land] Syn. manuring, dressing, preparation, covering, liming, mulching, spreading,… …   English dictionary for students

• Fertilization, in vitro — IVF, a laboratory procedure in which sperm are placed with an unfertilized egg in a Petri dish to achieve fertilization. The embryo is then transferred into the uterus to begin a pregnancy or cryopreserved (frozen) for future use. IVF was… …   Medical dictionary