English noun: infertility | |||
1. | infertility (state) the state of being unable to produce offspring; in a woman it is an inability to conceive; in a man it is an inability to impregnate | ||
Synonyms | sterility | ||
Broader (hypernym) | physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | barrenness, cacogenesis, dysgenesis, impotence, impotency | ||
Antonyms | fecundity, fertility | ||