infertility
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infertilities
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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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It is a major cause of female infertility and symptoms can include irregular periods, excessive hair growth and weight gain.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
“My actual work promoting root-cause care for infertility received less airtime.”
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
The known and suspected harms of these interventions include infertility, sexual dysfunction, cognitive impairment, cardiovascular disease, bone health problems and cancer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Growing evidence suggests male infertility can be a marker of wider health problems from obesity to smoking or hormonal abnormalities, according to Prof Alnajjar, who also speaks for the British Association of Urological Surgeons.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
Even here on Gold Mountain grateful couples bring gifts to my mother, who had cooked them a soup that not only ended their infertility but gave them a boy.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
There they came suddenly upon a wide-spread sweep of turf, contrasting so brilliantly with the bygone infertilities that it seemed to them a paradise, and stretching clear on to the bluff of the pueblos.
From Overland by J. W. (John William) De Forest
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