The abbreviation for a procedure to treat infertility in which eggs and sperm are combined in a laboratory dish, and two resulting embryos are placed inside the uterus is an ________.

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IVF

In vitro fertilization (IVF) is a procedure to treat infertility. Eggs and sperm are combined directly in a laboratory dish, and two resulting embryos are placed inside the uterus. The term in vitro is derived from the Latin meaning in glass. The term fertilization deconstructs into the suffix -ization meaning process of creating, and root fertil- meaning able to conceive.

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