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 | infertility |
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Narrower | barrenness | The state (usually of a woman) of having no children or being unable to have children |
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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 |
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Opposite | fertility, fecundity | The state of being fertile |
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Spanish | esterilidad, infecundidad, infertilidad |
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Catalan | esterilitat, infertilitat |
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Adjectives | sterile | incapable of reproducing |
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