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test-tube baby

test-tube ba·by (plural test-tube ba·bies)


noun 
Definition:
 
baby conceived from laboratory-fertilized egg: a baby that has been conceived by fertilizing a woman's egg in a laboratory in vitro fertilization and then inserting it in her womb to develop normally for the remainder of the pregnancy ( informal )

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