人工受精 (亦称试管受精):自妇女体内取出卵,在体外与来自男性的精子结合使之受精,再将其移入同一妇女或另一妇女子宫内经历正常妊娠过程的医学技术,主要用来治疗不育。

• "In vitro fertilization (IVF) (test-tube conception):Procedure, used to overcome infertility, in which eggs are removed from a woman, fertilized with sperm outside the Body, and inserted into the uterus of the same or another woman."