不孕/不育

抗不孕/不育

辅助生殖技术：试管受精

(vitrum: glass，自拉丁语：玻璃，照字面意思：在玻璃管内受精)

“试管受精”指从女子和男子体内取出卵子和精子，然后在培养皿里把这两种生殖细胞（配子）放在一起，以极大地提高两者融合和分裂机会的医学处置措施。如果两种生殖细胞成功融合，也就是如果能够达到受精和已经发生随后的发育，这个正在发育的细胞团则会被转移至子宫。人们期待着这个细胞团在那里植入子宫内膜。

试管授精：成熟的卵子从卵巢取出，被放置于培养皿里受精。在细胞分裂之后，受精卵被移送至子宫内。
（示意图：本图各个部分都做了放大，而且各自的比例也不是实际的状况）
In Vitro Fertilization: Mature eggs are removed from the ovary, placed in a dish to be fertilized. After their segmentation, the fertilized eggs are transferred from the dish into the uterus.
(Schematic drawing. The size of some of the elements is greatly exaggerated and disproportioned to some of the other elements.)

Infertility

Methods of Overcoming Infertility

Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART): In Vitro Fertilization

The term "in vitro fertilization" (from lat. vitrum: glass. Literally: fertilization in a glass) refers to the medical procedure of retrieving eggs from female body and sperm from the male body and then placing these different sex cells (gametes) together in a laboratory dish where they have a greatly enhanced opportunity to unite and then grow. If they do, i.e. if fertilization and the following segmentation have taken place, the growing cell clusters are transferred into the uterus, where they can be expected to implant in the uterine lining.