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fertilization

[fur-tl-uh-zay-shuhn] / ˌfɜr tl əˈzeɪ ʃən /




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Egg freezing involves stimulating the ovaries with hormone injections before mature eggs are surgically retrieved and preserved for possible future use through in vitro fertilization.

From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026

Couples who plan to undergo in vitro fertilization are increasingly addressing custody of frozen embryos in prenups.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

For example, in vitro fertilization can cost between $25,000 to $30,000 for one cycle without medication.

From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2026

Scientists from the Robinson Research Institute, the School of Biomedicine, and the Freemasons Centre for Male Health and Wellbeing studied how space-like conditions affect sperm navigation, fertilization, and early embryo development.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 29, 2026

Throughout Amazonia, farmers prize terra preta for its great productivity; some have worked it for years with minimal fertilization.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

Throughout their years-long infertility journey, Mel and her partner spent upwards of $50,000, enduring five miscarriages and four failed in vitro fertilizations.

From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2021

Supporters say if enacted, the measure would be the first of its kind dealing with disputes in situations such as a divorce over what to do with embryos created for in vitro fertilizations.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 15, 2016

They spent the remainder of his inheritance on the Egg — and the hormones and extractions and fertilizations.

From Nature ● Mar. 10, 2015

What about a chimeric person—does he or she get two votes because of having come from two different fertilizations?

From Slate ● Jun. 10, 2014

They must be surrounded with the same careful isolation and protection against bees, as any other fertilizations.

From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Hugo de Vries


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