infertility

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Not shiny sparky new relationships with all the rampant sex and giggles but the sort of relationship that's been going a few years now and for the four years previously has been subjected to the slow crushing glacial pressure of infertility which is starting to warp one character's general perception of what is normal, what is safe, what is suspicious.

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  1. noun Absent or diminished fertility.
  2. noun The persistent inability to conceive a child.

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  • She said that more primary care physicians are acknowledging infertility, which is a positive change.
  • Whilst the former can be explained by summer infertility, the drop in mid winter is more difficult to explain. —  ThePigSite - Industry News
  • Untreated chlamydial infection can cause pelvic inflammatory disease, ectopic pregnancy, infertility, and chronic pelvic pain. —  MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians
  • Not shiny sparky new relationships with all the rampant sex and giggles but the sort of relationship that's been going a few years now and for the four years previously has been subjected to the slow crushing glacial pressure of infertility which is starting to warp one character's general perception of what is normal, what is safe, what is suspicious. —  L'eggs Up And Laughing
  • Although male and female factors contribute equally to infertility, the term has historically and unfairly been used to describe the reproductive status of women, since they become pregnant and give birth.
 

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  1. = French infertilité = Portuguese infertilidade, from Late Latin infertilita(t-)s, from infertilis, not fertile: see infertile.
 

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/ɪnfərˈtɪləti/
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