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In vitro fertilization (IVF) is a process by which egg cells are fertilized by sperm outside the womb, in vitro.

History

Fertilization was not understood in antiquity. Hippocrates believed that the embryo was the product of male semen and a female factor. Aristotle held that only male semen gave rise to an embryo, while the female only provided a place for the embryo to develop, a concept he acquired from

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