ICMART IVF Glossary

The following glossary was initially developed at a professional meeting organized by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2002. A revised and enlarged glossary was developed in December 2008 also under the auspices of WHO. It was simultaneously published by Fertility and Sterility and Human Reproduction in 2009.

• WHO defines infertility as a disease.
   
• Zegers-Hochschild F, Adamson GD, de Mouzon J, Ishihara O, Mansour R, Nygren K, Sullivan E, Vanderpoel S, International Committee for Monitoring Assisted Reproductive Technology; World Health Organization. International Committee for Monitoring Assisted Reproductive Technology (ICMART) and the World Health Organization (WHO) revised glossary of ART terminology, 2009. Fertil Steril 2009; 92: 1520-1524.
   
• Zegers-Hochschild F, Adamson GD, de Mouzon J, Ishihara O, Mansour R, Nygren K, Sullivan E, Vanderpoel S, International Committee for Monitoring Assisted Reproductive Technology; World Health Organization. The International Committee for Monitoring Assisted Reproductive Technology (ICMART) and the World Health Organization (WHO) revised glossary of ART terminology, 2009. Hum Reprod 2009; 24:2683-2687.