zygote in·tra·fal·lo·pi·an transfer -.in-trə-fə-'lō-pē-ən n a method of assisting reproduction in cases of infertility in which eggs are obtained from an ovary and fertilized with sperm in vitro and the resulting fertilized eggs are inserted into a fallopian tube by a laparoscope abbr. ZIFT compare gamete intrafallopian transfer
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(ZIFT) a method of assisted reproductive technology consisting of retrieval of oocytes from the ovary, followed by their fertilization and culture in the laboratory with placement of the resulting zygotes in the fallopian tubes by laparoscopy 24 hours after the original retrieval.Medical dictionary. 2011.