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infertility

[in-fer-til-i-tee] / ˌɪn fərˈtɪl ɪ ti /
NOUN
unproductiveness
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Dr. Roohi Jeelani, a reproductive endocrinologist and infertility specialist, said she knows what it’s like to be willing to try anything to get pregnant, having experienced multiple rounds of failed IVF herself.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

In their decade of marriage, the duo faced several significant bumps in their relationship—including an affair that the singer had early on in their marriage, as well as infertility struggles.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

Or like Torres, they’re job hunting in search of companies offering infertility coverage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

I was told it had healed diabetes sores, infertility, a frozen shoulder, and the common cold.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

In addition, Australia’s aridity, infertility, and climatic unpredictability limited its hunter-gatherer population to only a few hundred thousand people.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

There they came suddenly upon a wide-spread sweep of turf, contrasting so brilliantly with the bygone infertilities that it seemed to them a paradise, and stretching clear on to the bluff of the pueblos.

From Overland by J. W. (John William) De Forest


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