test-tube baby

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test-tube baby

A baby developed from an egg that was fertilized outside the body and then implanted in the uterus of the biological or surrogate mother.

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test-tube baby

1. (Medicine) a fetus that has developed from an ovum fertilized in an artificial womb

2. (Medicine) a baby conceived by artificial insemination

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test′-tube` ba′by

an infant developed from an ovum fertilized in vitro and implanted into a woman's uterus.

[1930–35]

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test-tube baby - a baby conceived by fertilization that occurs outside the mother's body; the woman's ova are removed and mixed with sperm in a culture medium - if fertilization occurs the blastocyte is implanted in the woman's uterus

babe, baby, infant - a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk; "the baby began to cry again"; "she held the baby in her arms"; "it sounds simple, but when you have your own baby it is all so different"

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test-tube baby

[ˌtɛsttjuːbˈbeɪbɪ] n → bambino/a in provetta

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

test-tube ba·by

n. fertilización in vitro, embarazo en probeta o que resulta de un óvulo fecundado fuera de la madre en el laboratorio y reimplantado en el útero.

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