Definitions for In Vitro Fertilization
in vit·ro fer·til·iza·tion

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1. in vitro fertilizationnoun

   The fertilization of an egg by sperm outside of a woman's body; normally used as a treatment for infertility

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1. In vitro fertilization

   In vitro fertilisation is a process by which an egg is fertilized by sperm outside the body: in vitro. IVF is a major treatment for infertility when other methods of assisted reproductive technology have failed. The process involves monitoring a woman's ovulatory process, removing ovum or ova from the woman's ovaries and letting sperm fertilise them in a fluid medium in a laboratory. When a woman's natural cycle is monitored to collect a naturally selected ovum for fertilisation, it is known as natural cycle IVF. The fertilised egg is then transferred to the patient's uterus with the intention of establishing a successful pregnancy. The first successful birth of a "test tube baby", Louise Brown, occurred in 1978. Louise Brown was born as a result of natural cycle IVF. Robert G. Edwards, the physiologist who developed the treatment, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2010. The term in vitro, from the Latin meaning in glass, is used, because early biological experiments involving cultivation of tissues outside the living organism from which they came, were carried out in glass containers such as beakers, test tubes, or petri dishes. Today, the term in vitro is used to refer to any biological procedure that is performed outside the organism it would normally be occurring in, to distinguish it from an in vivo procedure, where the tissue remains inside the living organism within which it is normally found. A colloquial term for babies conceived as the result of IVF, "test tube babies", refers to the tube-shaped containers of glass or plastic resin, called test tubes, that are commonly used in chemistry labs and biology labs. However, in vitro fertilisation is usually performed in the shallower containers called Petri dishes. One IVF method, Autologous Endometrial Coculture, is actually performed on organic material, but is still considered in vitro.

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   The numerical value of In Vitro Fertilization in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

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   The numerical value of In Vitro Fertilization in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of In Vitro Fertilization in a Sentence

1. Christa Orecchio:

   My practice was never a fertility practice, but I started getting women coming to me in their late 30s, 40s, struggling with fertility issues and having no success, if you take away what the body doesn’t need and give it more of what it does, you’ll find balance. And these women all started getting pregnant. Six rounds of [in vitro fertilization] didn’t work, but this did.

2. John Bel Edwards:

   In addition to the fact that this legislation is patently unconstitutional, this bill would criminalize the use of certain types of contraception, as well as parts of the in vitro fertilization process, and it could even serve as a barrier to life-saving medical treatment for a woman who is suffering a miscarriage, to suggest that a woman would be jailed for an abortion is simply absurd.

3. Nancy Pelosi:

   In his disturbing concurrence, Justice Clarence Thomas confirmed many of our deepest fears about where this decision may lead: taking aim at additional long-standing precedent and cherished privacy rights, from access to contraception and in-vitro fertilization to marriage equality, legislation is being introduced to further codify freedoms which Americans currently enjoy.

4. Kathy Niakan:

   This knowledge may improve embryo development after in vitro fertilization (IVF) and might provide better clinical treatments for infertility, any donated embryos would be used for research purposes only.

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/In_Vitro_Fertilization
2. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=In Vitro Fertilization