test tube baby

noun

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

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nountest tube baby (plural test tube babies)

plural test tube babies · alternative test-tube baby

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

    Synonyms: embaby

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

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Chinese Mandarin 試管嬰兒 /试管婴儿
  • 試管嬰兒 /试管婴儿 (shìguǎn yīng'ér)baby who was conceived by in vitro fertilisation
Danish reagensglasbarn
  • reagensglasbarnbaby who was conceived by in vitro fertilisation
Dutch reageerbuisbaby, proefbuisbaby
  • reageerbuisbabybaby who was conceived by in vitro fertilisation
  • proefbuisbabybaby who was conceived by in vitro fertilisation
Finnish koeputkilapsi
  • koeputkilapsibaby who was conceived by in vitro fertilisation
French bébé éprouvette, bébé-éprouvette
  • bébé éprouvettebaby who was conceived by in vitro fertilisation
  • bébé-éprouvettebaby who was conceived by in vitro fertilisation
German Retortenbaby
  • Retortenbabybaby who was conceived by in vitro fertilisation
Greek παιδί του σωλήνα
  • παιδί του σωλήνα (paidí tou solína)baby who was conceived by in vitro fertilisation
Hungarian lombikbébi
  • lombikbébibaby who was conceived by in vitro fertilisation
Indonesian bayi tabung
  • bayi tabungbaby who was conceived by in vitro fertilisation
Italian figlio della provetta
  • figlio della provettababy who was conceived by in vitro fertilisation
Polish dziecko z probówki
  • dziecko z probówkibaby who was conceived by in vitro fertilisation
Portuguese bebê de proveta, bebé-proveta
  • bebê de provetababy who was conceived by in vitro fertilisation
  • bebé-provetababy who was conceived by in vitro fertilisation
Romanian copil născut din inseminare artificială, copil din eprubetă
  • copil născut din inseminare artificialăbaby who was conceived by in vitro fertilisation
  • copil din eprubetăbaby who was conceived by in vitro fertilisation
Russian ребёнок из проби́рки
  • ребёнок из проби́рки (rebjónok iz probírki)baby who was conceived by in vitro fertilisation
Spanish niño probeta, niña probeta
  • niño probetababy who was conceived by in vitro fertilisation
  • niña probetababy who was conceived by in vitro fertilisation
Swedish provrörsbarn
  • provrörsbarnbaby who was conceived by in vitro fertilisation
Turkish tüp bebek
  • tüp bebekbaby who was conceived by in vitro fertilisation
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