fertilization
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- noun
- /ˌfɜːrtəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/
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fecundación
- In many vertebrates, the individual cells resulting from the first few divisions after fertilization retain this capability.
- vitro fertilization
- fertilization of eggs
- zygote at fertilization
But most people simply will not succeed in achieving a successful fertilization the first month that they try.
- But most people simply will not succeed in achieving a successful fertilization the first month that they try.
- The truth about what role, if any, IVF in vitro fertilization played in Governor Walz and his wife's family.
- It actually stops the, the fertilization process of the eggs in the female aphids and therefore stopping the life cycle altogether.
- How does essential explanation of fertilization look like?
- Target Malaria has results showing that where they've solved the problem of the drive system acting after fertilization.
- You know, you're optimal for fertilization in, in in essence, and you could see that ratio tested throughout time.
Examples
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During in vitro fertilization, multiple eggs are fertilized in a petri dish.
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Your daughter, she was conceived by in vitro fertilization, correct?
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One can adopt children, and there are various artificial methods of fertilization.
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Alligators can lay up to 25 eggs within hours of fertilization.
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From the male's point of view, this is fertilization by lottery, with sperm as the tickets and eggs.
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Then the sperm are able to penetrate the egg so fertilization can begin.
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Further investigation is needed to declare the minimum threshold number of spermatozoa for the best fertilization result.
Academic text (2015) -
The unfertilized eggs and dead embryos were counted and removed at 4 and 24 hours post-fertilization.
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For example, cattle sperm that have been cryopreserved for 37 years retain fertilization capacity (Leibo 1994).
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In a controlled laboratory environment, the scientists observed the process of fertilization under a microscope.
Synonyms
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The start of a pregnancy when a sperm fertilizes an egg
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When sperm or pollen fertilize a female reproductive cell to start a new organism
When a sperm cell joins an egg cell to make a new embryo
Antonyms
Compounds
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The joining of an egg and sperm from different individuals of the same species
- Formal
The sharing of ideas between different groups that creates useful new ideas
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Time counted from when the sperm joins the egg to show how old an embryo or unborn baby is
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A thin layer that forms around a fertilized egg to stop other sperm
How Advanced
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Surface Forms
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Etymology
The word fertilization comes from the Latin fertilis, 'fruitful', and from ferre, 'to bear'. So when a sperm joins an egg and a new life can begin, the egg is able to 'bear' that life — that is why we call this start of life fertilization.