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in vitro fertilization

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences

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  • Armenian: արտամարմնային բեղմնավորում (artamarmnayin beġmnavorum) — (medicine) the fertilization of an egg by sperm outside of a woman's body
  • Azerbaijani: süni mayalandırma — (medicine) the fertilization of an egg by sperm outside of a woman's body
  • Chinese Cantonese: 體外人工受精 /体外人工受精 (tai2 ngoi6 jan4 gung1 sau6 zing1) — (medicine) the fertilization of an egg by sperm outside of a woman's body
  • Chinese Mandarin: 體外人工受精 /体外人工受精 (tǐwài réngōng shòujīng) — (medicine) the fertilization of an egg by sperm outside of a woman's body
  • Finnish: koeputkihedelmöitys — (medicine) the fertilization of an egg by sperm outside of a woman's body
  • French: fécondation in vitro — (medicine) the fertilization of an egg by sperm outside of a woman's body
  • Georgian: სინჯარაში განაყოფიერება (sinǯaraši ganaq̇opiereba) — (medicine) the fertilization of an egg by sperm outside of a woman's body
  • Georgian: ხელოვნური განაყოფიერება (xelovnuri ganaq̇opiereba) — (medicine) the fertilization of an egg by sperm outside of a woman's body
  • Georgian: in vitro განაყოფიერება (in vitro ganaq̇opiereba) — (medicine) the fertilization of an egg by sperm outside of a woman's body
  • Georgian: ინ ვიტრო განაყოფიერება (in viṭro ganaq̇opiereba) — (medicine) the fertilization of an egg by sperm outside of a woman's body
  • German: In-vitro-Fertilisation — (medicine) the fertilization of an egg by sperm outside of a woman's body
  • Greek: εξωσωματική γονιμοποίηση (exosomatikí gonimopoíisi) — (medicine) the fertilization of an egg by sperm outside of a woman's body
  • Hindi: पात्रे निषेचन (pātre niṣecan) — (medicine) the fertilization of an egg by sperm outside of a woman's body
  • Hungarian: mesterséges megtermékenyítés — (medicine) the fertilization of an egg by sperm outside of a woman's body
  • Icelandic: glasafrjóvgun — (medicine) the fertilization of an egg by sperm outside of a woman's body
  • Indonesian: fertilisasi in vitro — (medicine) the fertilization of an egg by sperm outside of a woman's body
  • Indonesian: pembuahan in vitro — (medicine) the fertilization of an egg by sperm outside of a woman's body
  • Indonesian: bayi tabung — (medicine) the fertilization of an egg by sperm outside of a woman's body
  • Italian: fecondazione in vitro — (medicine) the fertilization of an egg by sperm outside of a woman's body
  • Japanese: 体外受精 (taigaijusei) — (medicine) the fertilization of an egg by sperm outside of a woman's body
  • Kannada: ಪ್ರನಾಳ ಶಿಶು ಸೃಷ್ಟಿ (pranāḷa śiśu sṛṣṭi) — (medicine) the fertilization of an egg by sperm outside of a woman's body
  • Macedonian: вонтелесно оплодување (vontelesno oploduvanje) — (medicine) the fertilization of an egg by sperm outside of a woman's body
  • Persian: لقاح مصنوعی (laqâh-e masnu'i) — (medicine) the fertilization of an egg by sperm outside of a woman's body
  • Polish: zapłodnienie pozaustrojowe — (medicine) the fertilization of an egg by sperm outside of a woman's body
  • Portuguese: fertilização in vitro — (medicine) the fertilization of an egg by sperm outside of a woman's body
  • Portuguese: fecundação in vitro — (medicine) the fertilization of an egg by sperm outside of a woman's body
  • Russian: экстракорпора́льное оплодотворе́ние (ekstrakorporálʹnoje oplodotvorénije) — (medicine) the fertilization of an egg by sperm outside of a woman's body
  • Spanish: fecundación in vitro — (medicine) the fertilization of an egg by sperm outside of a woman's body
  • Swedish: provrörsbefruktning — (medicine) the fertilization of an egg by sperm outside of a woman's body
  • Swedish: in vitro-fertilisering — (medicine) the fertilization of an egg by sperm outside of a woman's body
  • Turkish: tüp bebek tedavisi — (medicine) the fertilization of an egg by sperm outside of a woman's body
  • Ukrainian: екстракорпора́льне заплі́днення (ekstrakorporálʹne zaplídnennja) — (medicine) the fertilization of an egg by sperm outside of a woman's body
  • Vietnamese: thụ tinh trong ống nghiệm — (medicine) the fertilization of an egg by sperm outside of a woman's body