In Vitro Fertilization (in VEE-troh FER-tih-lih-ZAY-shun) at Medical Drugs Glossary

What is In Vitro Fertilization (in VEE-troh FER-tih-lih-ZAY-shun)? A procedure in which eggs are removed from a womans ovary and combined with sperm outside the body to form embryos. The embryos are grown in the laboratory for several days and then either placed in a womans uterus or cryopreserved (frozen) for future u

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