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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

Carrillo, 46, had been told by doctors years ago that she was infertile.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2025

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

On Wednesday, both Justice Brett Kavanaugh and Tennessee Solicitor General Matthew Rice suggested that gender-affirming hormone treatment renders infertile people who are assigned female at birth.

From Slate ● Dec. 6, 2024

Until that moment, Henrietta didn’t know that the treatments had left her infertile.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot




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