test-tube baby

American  

noun

1. an infant developed from an ovum fertilized in vitro and implanted into a woman's uterus, usually that of the biological mother.

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test-tube baby British  

noun

1. a fetus that has developed from an ovum fertilized in an artificial womb

2. a baby conceived by artificial insemination

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Etymology

Origin of test-tube baby

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

An android raises a test-tube baby as its own in the new sci-fi fable “I Am Mother.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2019

The world's first "test-tube baby", Louise Brown, has paid tribute to the fertility doctors who gave her life, as she celebrates her 35th birthday.

From BBC • Jul. 25, 2013

Earlier this month the Nobel prize for medicine or physiology went to British physiologist Robert Edwards, whose work led to the birth of the first "test-tube baby," Louise Brown, in 1979.

From Reuters • Oct. 25, 2010

Their efforts yielded the July 25, 1978, birth of Louise Brown, the first "test-tube baby," demonstrating both the success and the safety of the technique and bringing hope to infertile people around the world.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 5, 2010

They were pioneers in the field of infertility treatments, and were responsible for the first test-tube baby born in the United States.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot