infertility

in·fer·til·i·ty  (nfr-tl-t)

n.

1. Absent or diminished fertility.

2. The persistent inability to conceive a child.

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infertility  (nfr-tl-t)

The inability to achieve conception after persistent attempts over a given period of time, usually one year in humans.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

infertility - 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 sterility physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state - the condition or state of the body or bodily functions impotence, impotency - an inability (usually of the male animal) to copulate barrenness - the state (usually of a woman) of having no children or being unable to have children cacogenesis - inability to produce hybrids that are both viable and fertile dysgenesis - infertility between hybrids fecundity, fertility - the state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring

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infertility

noun sterility, barrenness, unproductiveness, unfruitfulness, infecundity couples receiving infertility treatment

Translations

infertility [ˌɪnfɜːˈtɪlɪtɪ] N [of land, soil] → infecundidad f; [of person, animal] → esterilidad f

infertility [ˌɪnfɜː^rˈtɪlɪti] n

[person, animal] → stérilité f

[land] → stérilité f
infertility clinic n → centre m de procréation médicalement assistée
infertility treatment n → traitement m de l'infertilité

infertility

n (of soil, womb, person) → Unfruchtbarkeit f; (of animal) → Fortpflanzungsunfähigkeit f; (of mind) → Unergiebigkeit f, → Ideenlosigkeit f

infertility [ˌɪnfɜːˈtɪlɪtɪ] n → sterilità