frozen eggs
Stored reproductive cells
Frozen eggs are eggs preserved through cryopreservation, typically human ova stored for future fertility treatments.
A woman might freeze her eggs to delay childbearing: She froze her eggs before starting chemotherapy.
The term also applies to chicken eggs frozen for cooking, though this use is less common.
- cryopreservationLow-temperature biological preservation
- fertilityCapacity for reproduction
- fertility clinicReproductive medicine facility
- IVFLaboratory-aided conception method
- thawReturn to liquid
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- egg bankingoocytes, cryopreservation, vitrification
- fertilityfertility, fecundity, infertility, conception, reproduction
- egg preservationrefrigeration, pickling, salting, curing, cold storage
- egg processingcandling, grading, washing, sorting, packaging
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