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TEST-TUBE BABY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does test-tube baby mean?
• TEST-TUBE BABY (noun)
The noun TEST-TUBE BABY has 1 sense:
1. 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
Familiarity information: TEST-TUBE BABY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("test-tube baby" is a kind of...):
babe; baby; infant (a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk)
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