infertility

Noun

Meaning

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

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

sterility erectile dysfunction failure poverty collapse crash breakdown drought sterile barren fruitless infertile sterilization emptiness dryness
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Antonyms

fertility pregnancy abundance humidity fertilization richness
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Hypernyms

physical condition physiological condition physiological state

Hyponyms

impotence impotency barrenness dysgenesis cacogenesis

Related terms

fertility infertile

Phrases with the word

infertility treatment infertility-related sexual challenges sinusitis-infertility syndrome social infertility

Examples

Abraham then prayed for Abimelech and his household, since God had stricken the women with infertility because of the taking of Sarah. Source: Internet

“And, we need to start educating and making people understand that smoking is a risk factor for infertility. Source: Internet

A female’s first ovulatory cycle occurs when she is six years of age, and is followed by a two-year period of adolescent infertility. Source: Internet

Anyone can accept that a writer's head should be full of projects he will never fulfil, and most writers are cautious enough not to set them down; Coleridge, rashly, did set them down, so that his very fertility has survived as evidence of infertility." Source: Internet

Brucellosis is an infectious disease that appears in elk, bison and cattle and causes abortions, low milk production and infertility. Source: Internet

"Antioxidant supplements do not help men with infertility," suggested the study. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

infertile wasteland infertilely infertileness infertility treatment infertility-related sexual challenges infest