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  • adjective Exhibiting subfertility

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sub- +‎ fertile

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Examples

  • Around 1 man in 20 is subfertile, meaning that he has a low sperm count or high numbers of slow-moving or abnormal sperm.

    Vitamins may help subfertile men 2011

  • Fifty percent of men with a history of unilateral cryptorchidism and 90 percent of men with a history of bilateral cryptorchidism are subfertile.

    A Baby at Last! Mark L. Fuerst 2010

  • According to Dutch researchers at the Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam, the higher the BMI in obese women, the longer it takes a woman to conceive, even among obese women with normal ovulation who happen to be subfertile.

    A Baby at Last! Mark L. Fuerst 2010

  • The researchers focused on men who were subfertile - less fertile than average but still capable of making a baby - and found that those who took antioxidants were more than four times as likely to get their partners pregnant than subfertile men who did not take the supplements.

    FOXNews.com foxnewsonline@foxnews.com 2011

  • Scientists analysed data on more than 19,146 subfertile women who had received at least one ovarian stimulation treatment, and 6,006 subfertile women who did not undergo IVF.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2011

  • The test has more than 95 per cent accuracy whether sperm concentration is in the normal range, (above 20 million sperm per millileter), subfertile range (between 2 million and 20 million), or if the subject may be infertile (less than 2 million).

    The Times of India 2010

  • The test has more than 95% accuracy whether sperm concentration is in the normal range, (above 20 million sperm per millileter), subfertile range (between 2 million and 20 million), or if the subject may be infertile (less than 2 million).

    The Times of India 2010

  • Zhao L, Reim K, Miller DJ (2008) Complexin-I-deficient sperm are subfertile due to a defect in zona pellucida penetration.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles 2009

  • Hoei-Hansen CE, Skakkebaek NE, Petersen JH, Rajpert-De Meyts E, et al. (2007) Testicular carcinoma in situ in subfertile Danish men.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Xiaoning Peng et al. 2009

  • Snick TS, Evers JL, Collins JA (1997) The spontaneous pregnancy prognosis in untreated subfertile couples: the Walcheren primary care study.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Xiaoning Peng et al. 2009

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