insemination
noun/ɪnˌsemɪˈneɪʃn/
/ɪnˌsemɪˈneɪʃn/
[uncountable, countable] (specialist)- the act or practice of putting sperm into a woman or female animal in order to make her pregnant
- Both children were conceived by donor insemination (= using sperm that has been given by an unknown man).
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