UNFERTILIZED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unfertilized mean? 

• UNFERTILIZED (adjective)
  The adjective UNFERTILIZED has 1 sense:

1. not having been fertilized

  Familiarity information: UNFERTILIZED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNFERTILIZED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not having been fertilized

Synonyms:

unfertilised; unfertilized; unimpregnated

Context example:

an unfertilized egg

Similar:

infertile; sterile; unfertile (incapable of reproducing)

 Context examples 

The process of freezing one or more unfertilized eggs (eggs that have not been combined with sperm) to save them for future use.

(Egg cryopreservation, NCI Dictionary)

Highest expression is seen in unfertilized eggs and early embryos.

(BRAHMA, NCI Thesaurus)

In somatic cell nuclear transfer, scientists remove the nucleus, which is the organelle that contains the chromosomes, from an unfertilized ovum, or egg cell, and implant the nucleus from a somatic cell, or non-reproductive cell, into that ovum.

(Healthy cloned monkeys born in Shanghai, Wikinews)