infertility
Americannoun
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the condition or fact of being infertile or unproductive.
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Pathology. the condition of being unable to conceive or bear children, or any of various subtypes of this condition depending on specific cause.
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Changes in the human version of this gene have been linked to infertility and sperm-related disorders.
From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026
Any increase in infertility is largely due to more people delaying having children.
From Salon • May 15, 2026
Common symptoms include heavy, prolonged menstrual bleeding, chronic pelvic pain, and infertility.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
I have been disturbed to see how seriously many of my patients have taken the panic around microplastics and fertility to heart, as if using wooden cutting boards will negate age-related infertility, for example.
From Slate • Apr. 16, 2026
In it, an infertility doctor secretly harvests extra embryos from one of his patients and uses them to create a colony of clones of the woman’s son, who died young in an accident.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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