Meaning

1 senses

  1. A baby who was conceived by in vitro fertilisation and then implanted in the uterus of the mother.

    Retortenbaby

    ребёнок из проби́ркиrebjónok iz probírki

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Tom is a test-tube baby.

    deTom ist ein Retortenkind. — Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FR

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  2. Born in a lab without an actual mother, she was a test-tube baby.

    kulupuJeti · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
baby who was conceived by in vitro fertilisation:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
baby who was conceived by in vitro fertilisation:

Forms

plural: test tube babies

Synonyms

1 synonyms
embaby

Word family

2 related words
Relatedartificial inseminationintrauterine insemination

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
teslatessellationtestA1testabletestamentC1teste

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