artificial fecundation
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Lazzaro Spallanzani — Lazzaro Spallanzani † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Lazzaro Spallanzani A distinguished eighteenth century scientist, b. at Scadiano in Modena, Italy, 10 January, 1729; d. at Pavia, 12 February, 1799. His early education was received at the … Catholic encyclopedia
Fertilization — is the process of combining the male gamete, or "sperm," with the female gamete, or "ovum." The product of this combination is a cell called a zygote. * * * The process beginning with penetration of the secondary oocyte by the … Medical dictionary
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pregnancy — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. reproduction, fertilization, gestation, gravidity, propagation, parturiency, germination, fecundation, productivity, fertility. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. gestation, fertilization, incubation, *the family way,… … English dictionary for students
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Parthenogenesis — Development of a germ cell without fertilization. This is what happens in the formation of ovarian teratomas (dermoid cysts). All of the chromosomes in these benign tumors of the ovary come from the mother. The counterpart of the ovarian teratoma … Medical dictionary
conjugation — Synonyms and related words: Anschluss, IC analysis, Janus, abutment, abuttal, accidence, addition, adjacency, adjoiningness, affiliation, affix, affixation, agglomeration, agglutination, aggregation, agreement, alliance, allomorph, amalgamation,… … Moby Thesaurus
impregnation — Synonyms and related words: absorption and regurgitation, artificial insemination, brainwashing, brewing, catechization, conditioning, conjugation, cross fertilization, cross pollination, decoction, dictation, drench, drenching, ducking, dunking … Moby Thesaurus
insemination — Synonyms and related words: artificial insemination, broadcast, broadcasting, conjugation, cross fertilization, cross pollination, dissemination, fecundation, fertilization, getting with child, heterogamy, impregnation, isogamy, orthogamy,… … Moby Thesaurus
