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fertility
[ fer-til-i-tee ]
noun
- the state or quality of being fertile.
- Biology. the ability to produce offspring; power of reproduction:
the amazing fertility of rabbits.
- the birthrate of a population.
- (of soil) the capacity to supply nutrients in proper amounts for plant growth when other factors are favorable.
fertility
/ ɜːˈɪɪɪ /
noun
- the ability to produce offspring, esp abundantly
- the state or quality of being fertile
Other Word Forms
- ԴDzЭ·پi·ٲ noun
- v·ڱ·پi·ٲ noun
- Э·پi·ٲ noun
- ܲЭ·پi·ٲ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of fertility1
Example Sentences
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.
Yet the reasons why and how the fertility drug Clomifene entered his body remain a mystery.
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.
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.
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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