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Definition of Fertilization

1. Noun. Creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant.

2. Noun. Making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure.

Definition of Fertilization

1. n. The act or process of rendering fertile.

Definition of Fertilization

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Fertilization

1. 1. The essential process in sexual reproduction, involving the union of two specialised haploid cells, the male and female gametes to give a diploid cell, the zygote, which then develops to form a new organism. 2. The act of fecundating or impregnating animal or vegetable germs; especially, the process by which in flowers the pollen renders the ovule fertile, or an analogous process in flowerless plants; fecundation; impregnation. 3. Close fertilization, the fertilization of pistils by pollen derived from the stamens of the same blossom. Cross fertilization, fertilization by pollen from some other blossom. See Cross. (28 Oct 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fertilization

fertilised ovum fertiliser fertilisers fertilities fertility fertility fertility agent fertility agents fertility drug fertility factor

fertility rate fertility ratio fertility vitamin fertilizable fertilization (current term) fertilization (current term) fertilizations fertilization age fertilization in vitro fertilization membrane

fertilization membrane fertilize fertilize fertilized fertilized egg fertilized ovum fertilizer fertilizers fertilizes fertilizin

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