infertility

  • 11infertility — UK [ˌɪnfə(r)ˈtɪlətɪ] / US [ˌɪnfərˈtɪlətɪ] noun [uncountable] 1) someone s lack of the physical ability to have children infertility treatments 2) the fact that land is infertile 3) the failure to produce something good or useful …

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  • 12infertility — infertile ► ADJECTIVE 1) unable to reproduce. 2) (of land) unable to sustain crops or vegetation. DERIVATIVES infertility noun …

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  • 13Infertility in polycystic ovary syndrome — Polycystic ovary disease (PCOS) is thought to be one of the leading causes of female infertility.[1][2][3][4] Polycystic ovary syndrome is the cause of more than 75% of cases of anovulatory infertility.[5] …

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  • 14infertility — noun see infertile …

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  • 15infertility — n. [F. infertilite] Infertile state or quality; inability to reproduce …

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  • 16infertility — noun a) the condition of being infertile; of having poor fertility b) the inability to conceive children …

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  • 17infertility — Synonyms and related words: aridity, aridness, barrenness, birth control, contraception, dearth, dearth of ideas, dry womb, dryness, dullness, family planning, famine, impotence, ineffectualness, infecundity, planned parenthood, prosaicism,… …

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  • 18infertility — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. unproductiveness, impotence, sterility; see barrenness . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The state or condition of being unable to reproduce sexually: barrenness, sterility, sterilization. See REPRODUCTION, RICH …

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  • 19infertility — in·fer·til·i·ty || ‚ɪnfÉœr tɪlÉ™tɪ / fɜː t n. barrenness, lack of fertility, lack of fruitfulness …

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  • 20infertility — n. Unfruitfulness, unproductiveness, barrenness, sterility, infecundity …

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