intracytoplasmic sperm injection
- intracytoplasmic sperm injection
intracytoplasmic sperm injection n injection by a microneedle of a single sperm into an egg that has been surgically removed from an ovary followed by transfer of the egg to an incubator where fertilization takes place and then by implantation of the fertilized egg into a female's uterus
abbr. ICSI
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(ICSI) a micromanipulation technique, in which a single spermatocyte is inserted into an oocyte by micropuncture.
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