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infertile

[in-fur-tl, -tahyl] / ɪnˈfɜr tl, -taɪl /


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Online sleuthing leads Evy and Justin to a demonic creature that causes miscarriages and stillbirths: Abyzou, the bitter spirit of an infertile woman who visits chaos upon other pregnancies.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 12, 2026

It could help older women who are no longer have viable eggs, men who don't produce enough sperm or people whose cancer treatment has left them infertile.

From BBC Sep. 30, 2025

Carrying around little cups of sperm as political protest, to mock infertile people, is most likely a fake scandal, but not being able to have kids easily is rough.

From Slate Aug. 23, 2024

Vance wouldn't even apologize to the unhappily infertile.

From Salon Aug. 5, 2024

The flies mated, gave rise to progeny—but the larvae grew into infertile adults.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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