INFERTILITY

sterility, infertility

(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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

infertility (countable and uncountable, plural infertilities)

The condition of being infertile; of having poor fertility.

The inability to conceive children.

Source: Wiktionary


In`fer*til"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. infertilitas: cf. F. infertilité.]

Definition: The state or quality of being infertile; unproductiveness; barrenness. The infertility or noxiousness of the soil. Sir M. Hale.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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