insemination
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6.3
- noun
- /ˌɪnsəˈmɪneɪʃən/
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inseminación
- The veterinarian explained the process of insemination to help the female dog become pregnant.
- artificial insemination
- donor insemination
- intrauterine insemination
I think that that episode, we were, we were showing the realities of artificial insemination.
- I think that that episode, we were, we were showing the realities of artificial insemination.
- OK, OK, Jlo, artificial insemination movie.
Examples
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Multiple intrauterine inseminations with low doses are good for satisfactory pregnancy results.
Academic text (2015) -
And they used artificial insemination to build up the captive flock to 200 birds.
Academic text (2003) -
-Well, you know, artificial insemination --
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Is that important? - It is if you were planning artificial insemination.
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- What about artificial insemination?
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All that drama about artificial insemination.
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I told you about the clinic, about the artificial insemination.
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Wixom is ready for insemination.
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Now this is a woman that used artificial insemination which is not quite the same as IVF but similar scientific help with getting pregnant.
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They also took women for artificial insemination.
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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4.2
A medical method of putting sperm into a womb to cause pregnancy
How Natural
Surface Forms
Morphology
insemination = inseminate (semi-transparent) = in + semin + ate + ion
This is a regular action noun formed from the verb 'inseminate' with the suffix '-ion'.
Etymology
Insemination comes from Latin parts in- 'into' and semen 'seed'. So it literally means 'putting seed into', which explains the medical sense of placing semen into a female to help fertilization.