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in vitro fertilization
noun
Medical Definition of IN VITRO FERTILIZATION
: fertilization of an egg in a laboratory dish or test tube; specifically : mixture usually in a laboratory dish of sperm with eggs which have been obtained from an ovary that is followed by introduction of one or more of the resulting fertilized eggs into a female's uterus—abbreviation IVF
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