in vitro fertilizationnoun [ U ]
uk/ɪn ˌviː.trəʊ fɜː.tɪ.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/us/ɪn ˌviː.troʊ ˌfɝː.t̬əl.aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/abbreviation IVFa treatment for a woman who cannot become pregnant naturally, in which an egg is fertilized outside her body and the resulting embryo is put into her womb to develop into a baby
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Obstetrics: pregnancy
- anti-choice
- artificial insemination
- backstreet abortion
- carry
- child
- conceive
- ectopic pregnancy
- embryo
- embryonic
- expect
- family
- fruitful
- full-term
- have a bun in the oven idiom
- IVF
- late-term
- pro-choice
- pro-life
- surrogacy
- trouble
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