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IVF
noun[ U ]
uk /ˌaɪ.viːˈef/ us /ˌaɪ.viːˈef/
abbreviation forin vitro fertilization: a medical way of making someone pregnant, in which an egg is fertilized outside the body and the resulting embryo is put into the womb to develop into a baby:
have IVFIn the UK, around 30,000 couples have IVF each year.
through IVFTheir twins were born through IVF.
by IVFThey hope to have one more child by IVF.
Each round of IVF costs around £4,000.
IVF increases the likelihood of having twins to around one in five.
Some of the eggs extracted during the IVF process will be fertilized and become embryos.
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