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Definition of Test-tube baby
1. Noun. 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.
Medical Definition of Test-tube baby
1. Popular term for a baby born after uterine implantation of a maternal ovum fertilised in vitro. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Test-tube Baby
Literary usage of Test-tube baby
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Capital (1888)
"IF, AS NOW EXPECTED THE world's first test-tube baby is born in Britain in about a
... The idea of a test-tube baby, however, is not really so bizarre as it ..."
2. Thiaoouba Prophecy by Michel Desmarquet (1997)
"'You mean that you have mastered the 'test-tube baby'?' 'Not at all, Michel.
You reason like an Earthling. We can create a human body, but that is done only ..."
3. Current Issues in Women's Health by Food and Drug Administration, DIANE Publishing Company, United States (1994)
"... insemination is in vitro fertilization (IVF), made famous by the birth in
England in 1978 of Louise Brown, the world's first "test tube" baby. ..."
4. The Sexuality Seriesby Oneil McQuick by Oneil McQuick (2006)
"More than 100000 babies have been born through IVF since Louise Brown, the world's
first test tube baby, was born in 1978. The hermaphrodite case, the only ..."
5. Chronicle of Progress by Ibrahim Abed, Paula Casey-Vine, Abdullah Al Jabali (1996)
"6 February: The first test-tube baby to be born in the country was successfully
delivered in Tawam Hospital in Al-Ain. 11 February: The Council of Ministers ..."
6. Vicars of Christ: Popes, Power, and Politics in the Modern World by Michael P. Riccards (1998)
"... and, when he was still a cardinal, was charmingly hospitable in welcoming to
the world the first "test tube baby," the pretty Louise Brown. ..."
7. Biotechnology and Food: Leader and Participant Guide by Tom Zinnen, Jane Voichick (1994)
"It says it's proud its tomato is a test-tube baby and plans to label it as such.
But nothing in the new FDA rules says other companies must follow suit. ..."
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