IVF
noun /ˌaɪ viː ˈef/
/ˌaɪ viː ˈef/
[uncountable] (specialist)- a process that fertilizes an egg from a woman outside her body. The egg is then put inside her uterus to develop. (the abbreviation for ‘in vitro fertilization’)
see also test-tube baby体外受精(全写为 in vitro fertilization,使卵子在母体外受精后再放回子宫内发育) Collocations DictionaryIVF is used before these nouns:- clinic