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reproductive

reproductive

139 4.5
Relating to making new living things like babies or young animals
  • adjective
  • /ˌriːprəˈdʌktɪv/
translation icon : reproductivo
  • Understanding your reproductive health is essential for making informed choices about family planning.
  • reproductive health
  • reproductive system
  • reproductive organs

So Ruth Bader Ginsburg is very strong on reproductive rights for women.

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Examples

  • Young seahorses of most species probably reach reproductive size in the next year.

    Academic text (1990)
  • The United States, unlike many countries, has no national policies governing assisted reproductive technology, including surrogacy.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Taking control of your reproductive health starts here.

  • The full title is everything you need to know about your reproductive health, but we're never told.

  • And, you know, I do know a lot of people who have reproductive problems because of it.

  • And all movements are damaged when reproductive freedom does not exist.

  • The genes designed us for their purpose of reproductive success.

  • And you know, the reproductive capacity is very much about survival.

  • We live in the state of Oklahoma where women have lost reproductive rights and privacy.

  • "Female moths are the prime target because of their egg-laying and reproductive role," says Lopez.

    Academic text (1999)

Synonyms

sexual
vsreproductive
  • Specialized
58 2.9

Relating to making new living things when two parents join cells

is about being able to make new life in any biological way
fertile
vsreproductive
24 2.8

A living thing that can have many young or seeds

is about ability to make offspring in general not quantity
procreative
vsreproductive
3 6.9

Relating to producing young

is the broader term for being able to make new life
generative
vsreproductive
2 7.3

Having the ability to make or produce new things

is specific to producing new life rather than general creation
procreant
vsreproductive
9.5

Able to produce young or seeds

is a general adjective for capability to make new life
progenitive
vsreproductive
  • Archaic
9.5

Able to produce offspring or new things

is broader and refers to relation to producing new life
breeding
vsreproductive
  • Specialized
3.5

Kept to produce young animals

is broader covering making offspring beyond managed animal groups

Compounds

An organ that makes eggs or sperm, like ovaries, testes, and flower parts

Organs that make sex cells and let people or animals have babies

reproductive cloning
  • Specialized
1 6.5

To make a new animal or person with the same genes as another

1 3.9

Body parts in women and female animals that make eggs and support pregnancy

reproductive cell
  • Specialized
1 3.4

A cell like a sperm or egg that carries half the genes for a new life

1 3.2

The organs in a man's body that make sperm and allow sex

A plant part that makes seeds or spores, like a flower

An organ inside the female body that makes eggs or supports a pregnancy

4.6

A body part in men that makes sperm or male hormones

A gland inside a man's body that helps make the fluid that carries sperm

9.9

A process that makes a person who has the same genes as another person

reproductive memory
  • Specialized
8.4

A way of remembering that makes an exact copy of the original experience

How Reproductive

prolific
7 6.0
fertile
24 2.8
reproductive
139 4.5
infertile
19 5.2

Surface Forms

reproductive positive

Morphology

reproductive = reproduce (semi-transparent) = re + produce + ive

From the verb 'reproduce', the adjective 'reproductive' is a standard and readily interpretable -ive formation meaning 'related to or capable of reproducing'.

Etymology

Reproductive comes from the prefix re- meaning 'again' and the word produce meaning 'to make'. So, reproductive describes something that makes or helps make new life or offspring.