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FERTILITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth
Example:
weeds lovely in their rankness
Synonyms:
fertility; prolificacy; rankness; richness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("fertility" is a kind of...):
fecundity; fruitfulness (the quality of something that causes or assists healthy growth)
Derivation:
fertile (marked by great fruitfulness)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring
Synonyms:
fecundity; fertility
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("fertility" is a kind of...):
physical condition; physiological condition; physiological state (the condition or state of the body or bodily functions)
Attribute:
fertile (capable of reproducing)
infertile; sterile; unfertile (incapable of reproducing)
Antonym:
infertility (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)
Derivation:
fertile (capable of reproducing)
fertile (bearing in abundance especially offspring)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year
Synonyms:
birth rate; birthrate; fertility; fertility rate; natality
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("fertility" is a kind of...):
rate (a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit)
Context examples:
Nonclinical pairing records for the fertility component of a study.
(Pairing Events Domain, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
They cause the glands to secrete high levels of hormones, which can lead to other medical problems, such as kidney stones, fertility problems, and severe ulcers.
(MEN1 syndrome, NCI Dictionary)
GDF9 is crucial for normal ovarian folliculogenesis and female fertility.
(Growth Differentiation Factor 9, NCI Thesaurus)
This domain captures test results relative to male and female fertility.
(Fertility Domain, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
A fertility preservation procedure is done before a medical treatment that may cause infertility, such as radiation therapy or chemotherapy.
(Fertility preservation, NCI Dictionary)
Testing to determining the function of testes and ovaries, frequently performed as part of a fertility assessment.
(Assessment of Gonadal Function, NCI Thesaurus)
A rare, inherited disorder marked by height that is shorter than average, a narrow face with redness and a rash, a high-pitched voice, and fertility problems.
(Bloom syndrome, NCI Dictionary)
If that means going to a fertility doctor to start a series of tests or in vitro fertility treatments, then do it in the days or weeks that follow this new moon.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
"It's also important for ways of thinking about soil fertility and therefore, crop production."
(Scientists discover new mechanism for how soils store carbon, National Science Foundation)
Other widely used and endocrine-disrupting chemicals, including parabens, phthalates, and flame retardants, may be having similarly adverse affects on fertility that warrant much more study.
(Reproductive Problems Reported In Lab Mice after BPA Replacements in Plastics, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
