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swim up
An in vitro sperm capacitation technique, which permits the retrieval of sperm cells that possess greater motility, and thus possess greater fertilization capacity. 
Grammatical category Noun
Field Assisted Reproductive Techniques
Level of specialization High
Definition source glosario de Fertilidad
Gender relationship Yes, man
Specific to one sex Yes
Prevalence Man
Variants
Synonym
swim-up
Formal
swim-up technique
Formal
Equivalents

Spanish

swim up

Valenciano

swim up
Associated concepts
Type of
sperm selection method
Examples
While oocytes are obtained and selected, sperm is analysed according to OMS criteria and trained with swim up technique.
Briefly, swim up is based on the ability of motile sperm to break free from a pellet created by centrifugation of the whole sample and swim upwards in fresh sperm washing medium.
Collocations
WITH NOUNS
swim up technique
WITH VERBS
trained with swim up