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人工受胎 (jinkoujutai) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

人じん工こう受じゅ胎たい

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Meanings

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artificial insemination

Medical term for the procedure of introducing sperm into the reproductive tract by means other than sexual intercourse.

人じん工こう受じゅ胎たいは不ふ妊にん治ち療りょうの一ひとつとして行おこなわれている

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Artificial insemination is performed as one of the infertility treatments.

Kanji

人person
工craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)
受accept, undergo, answer (phone)
胎womb, uterus

Related words

体たい外がい受じゅ精せい
体外受精 refers to in vitro fertilization (IVF), where fertilization occurs outside the body, while 人工受胎 specifically refers to artificial insemination inside the body.

Built from

人じん工こう+受じゅ胎たい

Etymology

Compound of 人工 (artificial) and 受胎 (conception). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term is a modern medical coinage.