infertile
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5.2
- adjective
- /ɪnˈfɜːrtaɪl/
:
infértil
- That's psychologically beneficial for infertile couples who have resorted to using donor sperm when all else has failed.
- infertile couples
- infertile soil
- infertile land
And instead of like killing people, it made a third of the world's females infertile.
- And instead of like killing people, it made a third of the world's females infertile.
- How I I asked Matt this on the the high episode, but if I was infertile, would you use my brother?
- It is titled Am I the Asshole for lying to family and friends about who's the infertile one between my wife and I?
- When you don't have glycosylation of LH and FSH, the hormones that tell your testicle and your ovary to work, you are infertile.
- These young women are left usually infertile, they can't breastfeed.
- Empirically, if someone has, if they're not infertile but they have a low sperm count, I also tell them to avoid.
- So this one is titled Am I the asshole for refusing to let my husband's infertile friend name our son?
- We're talking about cutting lesbians tits off the these chemical castration drugs where you're infertile for the rest of your life.
- So we are all the descendants of this long and unbroken chain of ancestors who all of whom succeeded in selecting infertile mate.
Examples
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Most men with Klinefelter syndrome are infertile, but an unknown proportion are fertile (Warburg, 1963).
Academic text (2002) -
There are so many treatments available these days to help infertile couples achieve pregnancy.
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If he had known she was infertile, he would have chosen another woman.
Fiction book (1995) -
My older sister, Margaret, and I were removed to the home of an infertile white couple.
Fiction book (2002) -
I was infertile as a result of the chemotherapy that I did.
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Endometriosis is common, and 20-40% of infertile women are affected.
Academic text (2015) -
Embryo donation: 'Spare' embryos produced by IVF or ICSI may be donated to help other infertile couples.
Academic text (2015) -
Men who are over 35 are twice as likely to be infertile as men under 25.
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A new technique intended to assist infertile couples in having children is drawing interest from researchers.
Synonyms
19
5.3
Unable to have babies or make seeds
12
6.8
Unable to have children or young
Unable to have babies or make seeds
Not able to have children or young
Antonyms
How Fertile
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Infertile is built from the negative in- ('not') and fertile ('able to produce'), the same root you see in fertility or fertilizer. So, infertile literally means 'not able to produce', whether that is land that will not grow crops or a person who cannot have children.