TEST-TUBE BABY

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A baby conceived by fertilization that occurs outside the mother's body; the woman's ova are removed and mixed with sperm in a culture medium - if fertilization occurs the blastocyte is implanted in the woman's uterus

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Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("test-tube baby" is a kind of...):

babe; baby; infant (a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk)

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