Legal English Dictionary
in-vitro fertilisation
(IVF) noun
in-vitro fertilisation
in vitro fertilisation
(IVF) nounan assisted reproductive technology (ART) (=a treatment for a woman who cannot become pregnant with her partner naturally) in which an egg is fertilised by sperm outside a female's body and the resulting embryo is put into her womb to develop into a babyThe mother conceived her children through in vitro fertilisation.
Synonyms and Other Spellings
- in-vitro fertilization
- in vitro fertilization
