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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

In addition, we provided substantial financial help for in vitro fertilization when our daughter was trying to have this baby.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026

“There really is not any unmet medical or clinical need for this, especially from an in vitro fertilization perspective,” Komor said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

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

From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2026

When that didn’t work, he recommended we move to in vitro fertilization.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

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

Try to figure the cross fertilizations he must have made, the varieties he's tried and cut out, and remember it takes time to get a permanent strain, and wheat makes only one crop a year.

From Ranching for Sylvia by Harold Bindloss




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