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Sterility

The quality or condition of being sterile.

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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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Sterile 74% connected

Producing little or no crop; barren; unfruitful; unproductive; not fertile; as, sterile land; a sterile desert; a sterile year.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Sterile 74% connected

Producing little or no crop; barren; unfruitful; unproductive; not fertile; as, sterile land; a sterile desert; a sterile year.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Infertility 92% connected

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

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Fecundity 94% connected

The quality or power of producing fruit; fruitfulness; especially (Biol.), the quality in female organisms of reproducing rapidly and in great number…

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Fecundity 94% connected

The quality or power of producing fruit; fruitfulness; especially (Biol.), the quality in female organisms of reproducing rapidly and in great number…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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