embryo transfer

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noun

the transfer of a developing embryo to or from the uterus of a surrogate mother.

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Also called embryo transplant.

Origin of embryo transfer

First recorded in 1970–75

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Parents who want to transfer custody of a child to someone other than a relative must seek permission from a judge.
Judge: Rehoming Kids Is Trafficking|Tina Traster|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“I ran for my life,” said Tenayo, who is a home attendant for an autistic resident, but wants to transfer because of the crime.
Anger at The Cop Killer - And The Police|M.L. Nestel|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He suggested I needed mental help, and offered to help me transfer to another college.
I Was Gang Raped at a UVA Frat 30 Years Ago, and No One Did Anything|Liz Seccuro|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
All the junkies try to transfer to them, for the abundance of morphine.
A Million Ways to Die in Prison|Daniel Genis|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Jasmin helps her transfer in and out of her wheelchair, get dressed, and bathe.
Care Providers Fight for $15 and a Union|Jasmin Almodovar, Shirley Thompson|December 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The embryo can be located by the commotion which its active motion produces among the corpuscles.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
He, Bastien-Lepage, painter of the soil, found himself unable to transfer to canvas the enchantment of that land of fairy tale!
Bastien Lepage|Fr. Crastre
Giles; aluminium and its bronze in 1864; the transfer process in 1856 by Tearne and Richmond.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
It is immaterial to whom the transfer is made if the purpose be to prefer one creditor to another.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
Another act of bankruptcy is to convey, transfer, conceal or remove property with the intention to defraud creditors.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles

embryo transfer

After artificial insemination, the process by which the fertilized ovum is transferred at the blastocyst stage to the recipient's uterus.

embryo transfer

The transfer into a recipient's uterus of an egg that has been fertilized in vitro and is at the blastula stage of development.