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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

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

She added: "This is going to last her a lifetime and if it's not well managed, she can have long lasting adverse effects from infertility to other diseases, such as higher risk of cancer."

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

A loving husband and wife desperately want to start a family but struggle with infertility.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026

That seems like a long time of working at something, since the medical definition of infertility is twelve months of well-timed physical union without any results.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan