in vi‧tro fer‧ti‧li‧za‧tion /ɪn ˌviːtrəʊ fɜːtəlaɪˈzeɪʃ
ən $ -troʊ fɜːrtələ-/
noun [uncountable] technical[
Date: 1900-2000;
Language: Latin;
Origin: in vitro 'in glass']
a process in which a human egg is
fertilized outside a woman’s body ⇒
test-tube baby [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲