Fertilization

Alternative forms

 * fertilisation

Noun

 * 1) The act or process of rendering fertile.
 * 2) The act of fecundating or impregnating animal or vegetable gametes; esp., the process by which in flowers the pollen renders the ovule fertile, or an analogous process in flowerless plants; fecundation; impregnation.

Synonyms

 * conception
 * fecundation
 * syngamy

Derived terms

 * in vitro fertilization

Translations

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 * German: Befruchtung


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