Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun test-tube_baby

1 sense of test-tube baby

Sense 1
test-tube baby -- (a baby conceived by fertilization that occurs outside the mother's body; the woman's ova are removed and mixed with sperm in a culture medium - if fertilization occurs the blastocyte is implanted in the woman's uterus)
       => baby, babe, infant -- (a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk; "the baby began to cry again"; "she held the baby in her arms"; "it sounds simple, but when you have your own baby it is all so different")