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INFERTILITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("infertility" is a kind of...):
physical condition; physiological condition; physiological state (the condition or state of the body or bodily functions)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "infertility"):
impotence; impotency (an inability (usually of the male animal) to copulate)
barrenness (the state (usually of a woman) of having no children or being unable to have children)
cacogenesis (inability to produce hybrids that are both viable and fertile)
dysgenesis (infertility between hybrids)
Antonym:
fertility (the state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring)
Derivation:
infertile (incapable of reproducing)
Context examples:
They are used to treat infertility disorders.
(Menotropins, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
A fertility preservation procedure is done before a medical treatment that may cause infertility, such as radiation therapy or chemotherapy.
(Fertility preservation, NCI Dictionary)
If untreated, it can lead to pelvic inflammatory disease, which causes problems with pregnancy and infertility.
(Gonorrhea, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
Clinical manifestations in both males and females include poor libido, infertility, and osteoporosis.
(Hypogonadism, NCI Thesaurus)
This can cause pain, fever, and, rarely, infertility.
(Chlamydia Infections, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
These disorders include diabetes, infertility, and thyroid, adrenal, and pituitary gland problems.
(Endocrinologist, NCI Dictionary)
It is an inflammatory condition that can lead to infertility and cause chronic pain.
(Scientists identify spasm in women with endometriosis-associated chronic pelvic pain, National Institutes of Health)
Adhesions can sometimes cause infertility in women by preventing fertilized eggs from reaching the uterus.
(Adhesions, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
Studies have linked a high rate of sperm DNA fragmentation to infertility.
(Zinc, folic acid supplement does not improve male fertility, National Institutes of Health)
Mutation of the gene is associated with male infertility.
(AURKC wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
