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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary

U.S. Department of Agriculture

artificial insemination

Definition: The delivery of semen into the uterus of the female animal usually by injection with a syringe-like apparatus for the purpose of achieving fertilization and sexual reproduction.
Definition Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff
Used For: artificial service
Spanish: inseminación artificial

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