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as in sterile
not able to produce fruit or offspring
an infertile cow is of limited use to a farmer
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as in barren
producing inferior or only a small amount of vegetation
only parched, infertile fields remained after months of drought
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According to a 2009 epidemiological study by the nongovernmental organizations China Women and Children Development Center and the Population Association of China, more than 40 million couples in mainland China may now be infertile.
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Yanzhong Huang, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2011
Read Next World Fuzzy red creature was thought infertile at Canada zoo.
—Olivia Lloyd, Charlotte Observer, 18 June 2024
Pregnancy in previously infertile women taking semaglutides including Ozempic may, some surmise, simply be a result of weight loss itself — obesity can lead to hormone imbalances that make pregnancy difficult to achieve or sustain.
—Mary McNamara, The Mercury News, 15 May 2024
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about one in five women are infertile in the U.S.–and the problem has gotten worse.
—Sunny Nagpaul, Fortune, 15 Mar. 2024
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Yanzhong Huang, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2011
Read Next World Fuzzy red creature was thought infertile at Canada zoo.
—Olivia Lloyd, Charlotte Observer, 18 June 2024
Pregnancy in previously infertile women taking semaglutides including Ozempic may, some surmise, simply be a result of weight loss itself — obesity can lead to hormone imbalances that make pregnancy difficult to achieve or sustain.
—Mary McNamara, The Mercury News, 15 May 2024
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about one in five women are infertile in the U.S.–and the problem has gotten worse.
—Sunny Nagpaul, Fortune, 15 Mar. 2024
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