fertilization
pronunciation
How to pronounce fertilization in British English:
UK [ˌfɜːtɪlaɪˈzeɪʃən]
How to pronounce fertilization in American English:
US [ˌfɜrtəlɪˈzeɪʃən]
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- Noun:
- creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant
- making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure
Word Origin
- fertilization (n.)
- 1857, noun of action from fertilize, or else from French fertilisation.
Example
- 1. The fertilization process takes about 24 hours .
- 2. Although sperm have mitochondria , they degenerate shortly after fertilization of the egg .
- 3. The highest is during ovulation , when the body releases an egg for fertilization .
- 4. The traditional iud is a small , t-shaped plastic device that 's inserted into the uterus to block egg fertilization .
- 5. 85-year-old Englishman robert edwards wins the nobel prize in physiology or medicine for his 20-year effort to develop in vitro fertilization .