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infertility

[in-fer-til-i-tee] / ˌɪn fərˈtɪl ɪ ti /
NOUN
unproductiveness
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I have been disturbed to see how seriously many of my patients have taken the panic around microplastics and fertility to heart, as if using wooden cutting boards will negate age-related infertility, for example.

From Slate • Apr. 16, 2026

These chemicals, Mr. Paxton says, “may be associated with endocrine disruption, infertility, cancer, and other health issues.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

It’s a tender, bizarro reckoning with marriage, infertility and friendship, among life’s other illusions.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

For Elena speaking to friends and family about her experience with infertility "felt like a relief".

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Even here on Gold Mountain grateful couples bring gifts to my mother, who had cooked them a soup that not only ended their infertility but gave them a boy.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston