单词IVF
abbr.: (=in vitro fertilization)【医】试管受精
n.: 体外受精（全写为 in vitro fertilization，使卵子在母体外受精后再放回子宫内发育）
网络: 体外受精(in vitro fertilization)；试管婴儿；体外授精
体外受精（全写为 in vitro fertilization，使卵子在母体外受精后再放回子宫内发育）:
the abbreviation forin vitro fertilization (a process which fertilizes an egg from a woman outside her body. The egg is then put inside her uterus to develop.)
in vitro fertilization 【医学】试管受精
Smith"s next step is to get rabbits pregnant through IVF to see how the womb copes, before moving on to larger animals.
史密斯的下一步是先让兔子试管受精，看看子宫反应如何，然后再在大一点的动物身上进行试验。
As the conference heard, IVF does seem to be keeping up the numbers in at least one country.
正如在会议中所陈述的，试管授精技术能够维持至少一个国家的人口数。
IVF is a method of assisted reproduction in which a man"s sperm and a woman"s eggs are combined outside of the body in a laboratory dish.
体外受精是辅助生殖的一种方法，在体外的实验器皿里让男性精子和女性卵子结合。
For couples who have trouble conceiving, in vitro fertilization (IVF) is often the last resort.
对于受孕困难的夫妇，体外受精（试管婴儿）经常是最后的希望。
If you are going to have IVF, my recommendation would be that it makes sense to avoid alcohol all together, from three months beforehand.
如果你想进行试管受精的话，我的建议是，从事先三个月起避免沾酒，这是很明智的。
Most gay men opt for an IVF procedure using an egg from a donor placed in the body of a different woman, who carries the embryo to term.
大多数男同志选择走试管婴儿的程序——从捐助者那儿得到卵子，再把受精卵植入另一名妇女的体内，而后者则怀胎至足月，分娩婴儿。
Surgery is one of the treatment options; however, if patients failed to conceive after surgery, in vitro fertilization (IVF) is effective.
外科手术是一种治疗的选择，因此患者在外科手术失去效用后，体外受精还是有效的。
The objection seems to be that not all embryos created by IVF are then implanted and brought to term.
反对者似乎认为，并不是所有体外受精培育的胚胎都被移植并长到分娩期。
Egg freezing is still a relatively new technology, which enables a woman to save eggs for future IVF treatment if needed.
卵子冰冻是一项较新的技术，女性可以通过它储存卵子，以备未来需要进行试管授精术时使用。
If pregnancy does not occur in a timely manner following tubal reversal the only other option is to consider IVF.
如果在输卵管复通术后未能适时怀孕，唯一的选择就是IVF。