Definition of Infertility

1. Noun. 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.

Exact synonyms: Sterility
Generic synonyms: Physical Condition, Physiological Condition, Physiological State
Specialized synonyms: Impotence, Impotency, Barrenness, Cacogenesis, Dysgenesis
Antonyms: Fertility
Derivative terms: Infertile, Sterile

Definition of Infertility

1. n. The state or quality of being infertile; unproductiveness; barrenness.

Definition of Infertility

1. Noun. The condition of being infertile; of having poor fertility. ¹

2. Noun. The inability to conceive children. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Infertility

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Medical Definition of Infertility

1. The inability of a couple to achieve a pregnancy or to carry a pregnancy to term after one year of unprotected intercourse. (13 Nov 1997)

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Literary usage of Infertility

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Healthy People 2000: National Health Promotion & Disease Prevention by DIANE Publishing Company (2004)
"5.3 Reduce the prevalence of infertility to no more than 6.5 percent. (Baseline: 7.9 percent of married couples with wives aged 15 through 44 in 1988) ..."

2. Fertility, Family Planning, and Women's Health: New Data From the 1995 by Joyce C. Abma, A. Chandra, W. Mosher, L. Peterson (1998)
"infertility Status Table 51 shows currently married women by infertility status. The "infertile" category uses the standard medical definition of ..."

3. Darwinism: An Exposition of the Theory of Natural Selection, with Some of by Alfred Russel Wallace (1891)
"... among plants — Cases of the fertility of hybrids and of the infertility of mongrels —The effects of close inter-breeding — Mr. ..."

4. Operative Gynecologic Laparoscopy: Principles and Techniques by Camran Nezhat (2000)
"Reconstructive surgery for infertility at the Boston Hospital for Women. ... Gomel V. Clinical results of infertility microsurgery, in Crosignani PG, ..."

5. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1891)
"This is admitted ; but it is urged that facts have been adduced which render such infertility probable, at least in some cases, and this is all that is ..."

6. Darwinism and Politics: With Two Additional Essays on Human Evolution by David George Ritchie (1901)
"... among plants— Cases of the fertility of hybrids and of the infertility of mongrels —The effects of close inter-breeding—Mr. ..."

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