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Infertility

The state or quality of being infertile; unproductiveness; barrenness.

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Barrenness 76% connected

The condition of being barren; sterility; unproductiveness.

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Dysgenesis 76% connected

A condition of not generating or breeding freely; infertility; a form homogenesis in which the hybrids are sterile among themselves, but are fertile…

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Impotence 76% connected

Alt. of Impotency

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Impotency 76% connected

The quality or condition of being impotent; want of strength or power, animal, intellectual, or moral; weakness; feebleness; inability; imbecility.

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Unfertile 74% connected

Not fertile; infertile; barren.

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Unfertile 74% connected

Not fertile; infertile; barren.

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Sterility 92% connected

The quality or condition of being sterile.

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Cacogenesis noun · 86% connection

inability to produce hybrids that are both viable and fertile

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Eccyesis noun · 86% connection

pregnancy resulting from gestation elsewhere than in the uterus

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Ectopic gestation noun · 86% connection

pregnancy resulting from gestation elsewhere than in the uterus

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Ectopic pregnancy noun · 86% connection

pregnancy resulting from gestation elsewhere than in the uterus

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Eutopic pregnancy noun · 86% connection

pregnancy resulting from normal gestation in the uterus

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Extrauterine gestation noun · 86% connection

pregnancy resulting from gestation elsewhere than in the uterus

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Extrauterine pregnancy noun · 86% connection

pregnancy resulting from gestation elsewhere than in the uterus

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Gestation noun · 86% connection

the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus

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Gravida noun · 86% connection

the number of the pregnancy that a woman is in; "in her third pregnancy a woman is said to be gravida three"

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Gravidation noun · 86% connection

technical terms for pregnancy

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Gravidity noun · 86% connection

technical terms for pregnancy

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Gravidness noun · 86% connection

technical terms for pregnancy

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Maternity noun · 86% connection

the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus

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Metacyesis noun · 86% connection

pregnancy resulting from gestation elsewhere than in the uterus

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Para noun · 86% connection

(obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered; "the parity of the mother must be considered"; "a bipara is a woma…

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Parity noun · 86% connection

(obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered; "the parity of the mother must be considered"; "a bipara is a woma…

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Placenta previa noun · 86% connection

pregnancy in which the placenta is implanted in the lower part of the uterus (instead of the upper part); can cause bleeding late in p…

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Pregnancy noun · 86% connection

the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus

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Bear verb · 78% connection

To produce, as fruit; to be fruitful, in opposition to barrenness.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: infertile, unproductiveness, barrenness.
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Impregnant adjective · 78% connection

Not pregnant; unfertilized or infertile.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: infertile, unproductiveness, barrenness.
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Infecund adjective · 78% connection

Unfruitful; not producing young; barren; infertile.

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Infecundity noun · 78% connection

Want of fecundity or fruitfulness; barrenness; sterility; unproductiveness.

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Infecundous adjective · 78% connection

Infertile; barren; unprofitable; unproductive.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: infertile, unproductiveness, barrenness.
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Infertile adjective · 78% connection

Not fertile; not productive; barren; sterile; as, an infertile soil.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: infertile, unproductiveness, barrenness.
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Infertilely adverb · 78% connection

In an infertile manner.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: infertile, unproductiveness, barrenness.
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Meagreness noun · 78% connection

The state or quality of being meager; leanness; scantiness; barrenness.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: infertile, unproductiveness, barrenness.
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Sterilization noun · 78% connection

the act of making an organism barren or infertile (unable to reproduce)

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: infertile, unproductiveness, barrenness.
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Unfruitful adjective · 78% connection

Not producing fruit or offspring; unproductive; infertile; barren; sterile; as, an unfruitful tree or animal; unfruitful soil; an unfr…

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