| 单词 | test-tube baby |
| 释义 | > as lemmastest-tube baby test-tube baby n. (also test-tube child) figurative a baby conceived by artificial insemination; a baby that has developed from an ovum fertilized outside the mother's body. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > baby or infant > [noun] > baby conceived in specific method test-tube baby1935 1935 E. Novak Woman asks Doctor xii. 155 There has been..a good deal of unfortunate newspaper discussion on the subject of artificial insemination and ‘test-tube babies’. 1945 Daily Herald 20 Apr. 3/8 Warning on test tube babies. Artificial insemination of women is being performed on a small scale in this country. 1958 Times 18 Jan. 7/2 A ‘test-tube’ child cannot grow up knowing about his true origin. 1965 New Scientist 11 Nov. 392/3 The idea of ‘test-tube babies’ is no longer something to be woven into the plot of a science fiction novel. Serious-minded scientists are not only thinking about cultivating human embryos on the laboratory bench—they are developing the techniques which will make this a practical possibility. 1978 Times 26 July 1/1 The world's first test~tube baby, a girl, was born by caesarian section just before midnight at Oldham and District General Hospital, Greater Manchester... The embryo was implanted in Mrs Brown's womb after being fertilized in Mr Steptoe's laboratories. 1982 New Scientist 4 Feb. 290 Since the birth of the first ‘test-tube baby’ three and a half years ago it has become increasingly obvious that fertilising human eggs in the laboratory is not simply a clinical technique for relieving infertility. < as lemmas |
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