"totsicle" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: totsicles [plural]
Etymology: tot + -sicle Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|tot|sicle}} tot + -sicle Head templates: {{en-noun}} totsicle (plural totsicles)
  1. (informal) An embryo conceived through in vitro fertilization and cryopreserved for later use in an attempt to achieve pregnancy through embryo transfer. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-totsicle-en-noun-20r7RWk0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -sicle

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1999 February 23, Trisha93 [username], “Re: 5 failed IVFs, any hope? Pg ment”, in alt.infertility (Usenet)",
          "text": "I've got some \"totsicles\" left, so we'll be trying again, but I was so convinced that for the magic cycle, I was just going thru the motions...I didn't give up caffeine, but I kept on the vitamins...who knew?",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1999 December 10, Mary McK, “Re: Baby Name Question(m/c ment) (religion ment)”, in alt.infertility.pregnancy (Usenet)",
          "text": "We had discussed this and came to the conclusion that if we had to go to IVF, we were going to wait until we delivered then decide what to do w/the leftover 'totsicles'.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Kristy Kiernan, Between Friends, Berkley",
          "text": "The embryos.\nMy totsicles, waiting for me.",
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          "ref": "1999 February 23, Trisha93 [username], “Re: 5 failed IVFs, any hope? Pg ment”, in alt.infertility (Usenet)",
          "text": "I've got some \"totsicles\" left, so we'll be trying again, but I was so convinced that for the magic cycle, I was just going thru the motions...I didn't give up caffeine, but I kept on the vitamins...who knew?",
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          "text": "We had discussed this and came to the conclusion that if we had to go to IVF, we were going to wait until we delivered then decide what to do w/the leftover 'totsicles'.",
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          "text": "The embryos.\nMy totsicles, waiting for me.",
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