| NOUN | state | infertility, sterility | the state of being unable to produce offspring |
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| Sounds | ih.nfertih'lihtiy | |
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| Rhymes | ability ... zloty: 638 rhymes with tiy... | |
| 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. | |
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| Synonym | sterility | |
| Narrower | 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 | |
| impotence, impotency | An inability (usually of the male animal) to copulate | |
| Broader | physical condition, physiological state, physiological condition | The condition or state of the body or bodily functions |
| Opposite | fertility, fecundity | The state of being fertile |
| Spanish | esterilidad, infecundidad, infertilidad | |
| Catalan | esterilitat, infertilitat | |
| Adjectives | infertile | incapable of reproducing |
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