Meaning of INFERTILITY
Pronunciation: | | `infurt'ilutee
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WordNet Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | [n] the state of being unable to produce offspring; in a woman it is an inability to conceive; in a man it is an inability to impregnate |
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| Synonyms: | | sterility |
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| Antonyms: | | fecundity, fertility | |
| See Also: | | barrenness, cacogenesis, dysgenesis, impotence, impotency, physiological condition, physiological state | |
Products Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | Infertility A fertility expert discusses the causes, diagnosis, and treatment of infertility, and offers advice on handling its physical, emotional, and financial aspects. Reprint. more details ... |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \In`fer*til"i*ty\, n. [L. infertilitas: cf. F.
infertilit['e].]
The state or quality of being infertile; unproductiveness;
barrenness.
The infertility or noxiousness of the soil. --Sir M.
Hale.
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Medical Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | The inability to produce children. |
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Biology Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | The inability of a couple to achieve a pregnancy or to carry a pregnancy to term after one year of unprotected intercourse. |
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| Related Terms: | | aridity, aridness, barrenness, birth control, contraception, dearth, dearth of ideas, dry womb, dryness, dullness, family planning, famine, impotence, ineffectualness, infecundity, planned parenthood, prosaicism, prosaicness, prosaism, prosiness, staidness, sterileness, sterility, stolidity, stuffiness, uncreativeness, unfancifulness, unfertileness, unfruitfulness, unimaginativeness, unoriginality, unpoeticalness, unproductiveness, withered loins |
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