Artificial Insemination

Artificial insemination (AI) is when sperm is placed into a female's vagina, uterus or fallopian tubes using artificial means rather than by sexual intercourse. In humans artificial insemination is usually part of an infertility treatment; either the woman's partner's sperm (AIH) or donor sperm (AID) can be used.

Artificial insemination requires the close monitoring of the ovulation cycle. In artificial insemination, the surrogate is the actual mother. Semen from the father is injected directly into the surrogate’s uterus to improve the chance of conception in a process called intrauterine insemination.

Artificial insemination has become a significant issue in recent years, particularly in debates revolving around surrogate parenting. Legal issues have arisen in cases where the surrogate mother decides, upon the birth of the baby, that she wants to keep the child for herself. Likewise, there have been debates over the rights of sperm donors. There have also been debates as to whether conceiving an unnatural baby is ethical.

Modern Usage: Artificial Insemination

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	It's important to have a job that makes a difference, boys, that's why I manually masturbate caged animals for artificial insemination. (Clerks.; writing credit: Kevin Smith)
Clever	Artificial insemination is when the farmer does it to the cow instead of the bull. (references; author: unknown)
Movie/TV Titles	Animal Reproduction and Artificial Insemination in Bovines (1983)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Commercial Usage: Artificial Insemination

Domain	Title
Books	Artificial Insemination (reference) New Conceptions: A Consumer's Guide to the Newest Infertility Treatments: Including in Vitro Fertilization, Artificial Insemination, and Surrogate m (reference) The Artificial Insemination and Embryo Transfer of Dairy and Beef Cattle (Including Information Pertaining to Goats, Sheep, Horses, Swine, and Other (reference) The Swine Ai Book : A Field and Laboratory Technicians' Guide to Artificial Insemination in Swine (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Photo Album: Artificial Insemination

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	A step in artificial insemination, Prince George's County, Maryland. Credit: Library of Congress.		One step in artificial insemination, Prince George's County, Maryland. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Step in artificial insemination experiments at range experiment station. Miles City, Montana. Credit: Library of Congress.		Semen obtained from stallion in artificial insemination experiments at range experimental station. Miles City, Montana. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Obtaining semen from stallion for artificial insemination experiments. Miles City, Montana. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Artificial Insemination

Modern Translation: Artificial Insemination

Language		Translations for "artificial insemination"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		artificiel insemination (artificial fertilisation), kunstig saedoverfoering (artificial fertilisation), kunstig sædoverføring, kunstig inseminering (artificial fertilisation), kunstig insemination (artificial fertilisation), kunstig befrugtning (artificial fertilisation), KS, insemination (artificial fertilisation, insemination). (various references)

Dutch		artificiële fecundatie (artificial fertilisation), kunstmatige inseminatie (artificial fertilisation), kunstmatige bevruchting (artificial fertilisation), KI (artificial fertilisation, Artificial Intelligence, Kiribati, Republic of Kiribati), K.I. (artificial fertilisation), inseminatio artificialis (artificial fertilisation). (various references)

Finnish		keinosiemennys (A.I., artificial fertilisation, insemination). (various references)

French		insémination artificielle (artificial fertilisation), I.A. (artificial fertilisation), fécondation artificielle (artificial fertilisation). (various references)

German		künstliche befruchtung (A.I., artificial fertilisation). (various references)

Greek		τεχνητή γονιμοποίηση (in vitro fertilisation). (various references)

Hungarian		mesterséges megtermékenyítés. (various references)

Italian		inseminazione artificiale (A.I., artificial fertilisation), fecondazione artificiale (A.I., artificial fertilisation), F.A. (A.I., artificial fertilisation). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		人工受胎 , 人工受精 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		じ�"�"うじゅたい, じ�"�"うじゅせい. (various references)

Manx		laue-heeley. (various references)

Pig Latin		artificialay inseminationay

Portuguese		inseminação artificial (A.I., artificial fertilisation). (various references)

Russian		искусственное осеменение. (various references)

Spanish		inseminación artificial (A.I., artificial fertilisation, insemination). (various references)

Swedish		artificiell insemination (A.I., artificial fertilisation). (various references)

Turkish		yapay dölleme, suni dölleme. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Alternative Orthography: Artificial Insemination

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 72 74 69 66 69 63 69 61 6C 49 6E 73 65 6D 69 6E 61 74 69 6F 6E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01110010 01110100 01101001 01100110 01101001 01100011 01101001 01100001 01101100 00100000 01001001 01101110 01110011 01100101 01101101 01101001 01101110 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#114 &#116 &#105 &#102 &#105 &#99 &#105 &#97 &#108 &#32 &#73 &#110 &#115 &#101 &#109 &#105 &#110 &#97 &#116 &#105 &#111 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0072 0074 0069 0066 0069 0063 0069 0061 006C 0049 006E 0073 0065 006D 0069 006E 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
artificial insemination	881	artificial insemination by donor	3
artificial insemination human	43	artificial insemination kit	3
cattle artificial insemination	19	artificial insemination picture	3
home artificial insemination	14	artificial insemination self	3
artificial insemination dog	13	artificial insemination in dog	3
animal artificial insemination	12	artificial insemination school	3
lesbian artificial insemination	10	clomid artificial insemination	3
equine artificial insemination	9	artificial insemination poultry	3
canine artificial insemination	8	artificial insemination pig	3
procedure for artificial insemination	6	artificial insemination sheep	3
artificial insemination in cattle	6	artificial insemination skit	2
artificial insemination of swine	5	artificial insemination technician	2
artificial insemination supply	5	artificial insemination price	2
artificial insemination rate success	4	artificial insemination statistics	2
artificial insemination single woman	3	artificial insemination donor	2
artificial insemination process	3
		artificial insemination donor	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Artificial Insemination

Definition: Artificial Insemination