ectogenesis

ectogenesis
ectogenetic /ek'toh jeuh net"ik/, adj.
/ek'toh jen"euh sis/, n. Biol.
development outside the body, as of an embryo in an artificial environment.
[1905-10; < NL; see ECTO-, -GENESIS]

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