intracytoplasmic sperm injection

intracytoplasmic sperm injection

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  • Intracytoplasmic sperm injection — (ICSI, pronounced eeksee [ [http://www.drmalpani.com/oligospermia.htm drmalpani.com] ] ) is an in vitro fertilization procedure in which a single sperm is injected directly into an egg. This procedure is most commonly used to overcome male… …   Wikipedia

  • 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 …   Medical dictionary

  • intracytoplasmic sperm injection — Abbreviation: ICSI The micro injection of a single sperm into the cytoplasm of a mature oocyte …   Glossary of Biotechnology

  • Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) — A test tube fertilization procedure in which a sperm is injected directly into an egg to achieve fertilization. ICSI is done for male infertility. Babies conceived by ICSI have no more major birth defects or delays in development than children… …   Medical dictionary

  • intracytoplasmic sperm injection — see ICSI …   The new mediacal dictionary

  • Sperm donation — is the provision (or ‘donation’) by a man, (known as a ‘sperm donor’), of his sperm, with the intention that it be used to impregnate a woman who is not usually the man s sexual partner, in order to produce a child. A sperm donor is the natural… …   Wikipedia

  • injection — 1. Introduction of a medicinal substance or nutrient material into the subcutaneous tissue (subcutaneous or hypodermic i.), the muscular tissue (intramuscular i.), a …   Medical dictionary

  • Testicular sperm extraction — (TESE) is the process of removing a small portion of tissue from the testicle under local anesthesia to extracting the few viable sperm cells present in that tissue for the purpose of Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). The Testicular Sperm… …   Wikipedia

  • Posthumous sperm retrieval — (PSR) is a procedure in which spermatozoa are extracted from a man after he has been pronounced legally brain dead. There has been significant debate over the ethicality and legality of the procedure, and on the legal rights of the child and… …   Wikipedia

  • direct intracytoplasmic injection — a former name for intracytoplasmic sperm injection (see ICSI) …   Medical dictionary

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