infertility
Americannoun
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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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In their decade of marriage, the duo faced several significant bumps in their relationship—including an affair that the singer had early on in their marriage, as well as infertility struggles.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
Sophia Bush talks infertility, divorce and relationship with soccer star Ashlyn Harris in a new essay: ‘I have never operated out of more integrity in my life.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
I was told it had healed diabetes sores, infertility, a frozen shoulder, and the common cold.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
The metabolic condition, which affects up to one in eight women, changes how the ovaries work and was linked to infertility and weight gain, the UK's NHS said.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
That seems like a long time of working at something, since the medical definition of infertility is twelve months of well-timed physical union without any results.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
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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