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Definition of test-tube baby noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

test-tube baby

noun

/ˈtest tjuːb beɪbi/

/ˈtest tuːb beɪbi/

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a baby that grows from an egg that is fertilized outside the mother’s body and then put back inside to continue developing inside the mother's body see also in vitroTopics Life stagesc2

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