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infertility

[in-fer-til-i-tee] / ˌɪn fərˈtɪl ɪ ti /
NOUN
unproductiveness
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Meanwhile, the World Health Organization says infertility affects roughly 1 in 6 people globally.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Diamond said that in the company’s clinical research on men with male-factor infertility, findings showed its male prenatals significantly boosted sperm motility, or how well the sperm moves.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

But people who've experienced infertility say it can be a difficult subject to discuss with friends, family and colleagues.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

But as much as Sarah’s plight with infertility is relatable, other moments in the story took more work to get there, like the moment where Abraham talks with God.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026

In it, an infertility doctor secretly harvests extra embryos from one of his patients and uses them to create a colony of clones of the woman’s son, who died young in an accident.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot