fertilized egg
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Instead of treating her, the hospital sent her home, and the fertilized egg later ruptured, requiring emergency surgery to remove part of her reproductive system.
From Salon • Jun. 22, 2025
When a female produces a fertilized egg, the egg is moved to an incubator.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2024
The awe-inspiring process of cell division can turn a fertilized egg into a baby -- or a cancerous cell into a malignant tumor.
From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2024
During IVF, a doctor collects eggs from a woman, sperm is used to fertilize the eggs outside the body and one fertilized egg is implanted at a time.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 25, 2024
The instructions, he argued obliquely, were blended together in the fertilized egg.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
