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fertility

[ fer-til-i-tee ]

noun

  1. the state or quality of being fertile.
  2. Biology. the ability to produce offspring; power of reproduction:

    the amazing fertility of rabbits.

  3. the birthrate of a population.
  4. (of soil) the capacity to supply nutrients in proper amounts for plant growth when other factors are favorable.


fertility

/ ɜːˈɪɪɪ /

noun

  1. the ability to produce offspring, esp abundantly
  2. the state or quality of being fertile
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • ԴDzЭ·پi·ٲ noun
  • v·ڱ·پi·ٲ noun
  • Э·پi·ٲ noun
  • ܲЭ·پi·ٲ noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of fertility1

1375–1425; late Middle English fertilite (< Middle French ) < Latin ڱپ. See fertile, -ity
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Historians believe that Valentine's Day is rooted in the Roman love and fertility festival, Lupercalia, and was a move by Gelasius I to Christianise pagan traditions.

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Yet the reasons why and how the fertility drug Clomifene entered his body remain a mystery.

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However, that respect disappeared when news that Benn had returned an adverse finding for women's fertility drug clomifene was leaked on the Wednesday of fight week.

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A woman in Australia has unknowingly given birth to a stranger's baby, after her fertility clinic accidentally implanted another woman's embryos into her.

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I’m talking about it in a fertility sense, but everyone feels like there is some key that they don’t have, that they can’t get through the door they need to.”

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