infertility

Definition of infertilitynext

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Recent Examples of infertility The disease can cause a wide range of symptoms, including painful periods, chronic pelvic pain, heavy or abnormal menstrual bleeding, and infertility. — Isabella Backman, Hartford Courant, 28 Sep. 2026 Those people weren’t intentionally left out, explains infertility advocate Barbara Collura, former president of the infertility patient advocacy group RESOLVE that was at the forefront of the four-year push to pass a mandate in California. — Sarah Elizabeth Richards, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026 Porsha Williams has always been candid, publicly sharing everything from her miscarriage and infertility struggles to the emotional aftermath of her divorce. — As Told To Ayren Jackson-Cannady, Glamour, 18 Sep. 2026 The devastating waiting that defines infertility is depicted amid scenes of pastoral beauty, and distance. — Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2026 Other less intensive medical therapies also address infertility. — Lj Dawson, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026 Since then, the species has been through 13 breeding seasons, with recovery efforts working to overcome challenges associated with low genetic diversity, including infertility and poor hatching success. — Adela Suliman, NBC news, 1 Sep. 2026 For Children of Men, the year is 2027 and 18 years of infertility have left Earth facing extinction… that is until a woman gets pregnant. — Grace Dean, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2026 After years of infertility, the ability to carry a child and become a mother are the most outrageous and precious gifts I have ever been given. — Parents, 28 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for infertility
barrenness
Noun
  • But many assumptions that Stratos’ investors or Utah politicians might have had about Box Elder County – about either the acquiescence of its people or the barrenness of its landscape – have been proved wrong over the past few months.
    — Melanie Stetson Freeman, Christian Science Monitor, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Shunammite, once so determined to get her period, is staring down the possibility of barrenness and, in Gilead, that means spinsterhood.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 27 May 2026

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“Infertility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infertility. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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