IN VITRO FERTILIZATION Definition & Meaning

in vitro fertilization

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a specialized technique by which an ovum, especially a human one, is fertilized by sperm outside the body, with the resulting embryo later implanted in the uterus for gestation.

in vitro fertilization

noun

a technique enabling some women who are unable to conceive to bear children. Egg cells removed from a woman's ovary are fertilized by sperm in vitro; some of the resulting fertilized egg cells are incubated until the blastocyst stage, which are then implanted into her uterus IVF

in vitro fertilization

Fertilization of an egg outside the body of a female by the addition of sperm, as a means of producing a zygote.

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Origin of in vitro fertilization¹

First recorded in 1970–75

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Clinics can lower the risk of miscarriages among women age 40 from 50% to 10% by conducting genetic tests on embryos created with in vitro fertilization before they are implanted, she said.

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In my reporting for a recent story on in vitro fertilization, patients told me again and again that they had assumed that IVF was a “guarantee.”

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An aid-worker for LGBTQ+ youth on a ticking-clock quest to bear children of her own, Lee has endured two wrenching rounds of in vitro fertilization and, just as painfully, her partner’s ambivalence about having kids at all.

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After nearly two years of in vitro fertilization treatment, the Okulas announced their pregnancy by posting a video on Hailey’s popular “Rn New Grads” Instagram account in September 2024.

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After he and his wife had difficulties conceiving their first child, they finally found success in 2023 through In Vitro Fertilization, commonly known as IVF.

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