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fertility

noun
/fə(ɹ)ˈtɪlɪti/UK/fɝˈtɪləti/US/ˈfɜːʳʈiliʈi/

Etymology

From Middle French fertilité, from Latin fertilitās, equivalent to fertile + -ity.

  1. derived from fertilis
  2. derived from fertile
  3. derived from fertile
  4. formed as fertility — “fertile + -ity”

Definitions

  1. The condition, or the degree, of being fertile.

    • Muckspreading increases the fertility of the soil.
    • Men may also have fertility challenges, especially if their hypogonadism was caused by anabolic steroid use. Anabolic steroids can affect testicular health, including reducing the production of sperm.

  2. The birthrate of a population

    The birthrate of a population; the number of live births per 1000 people per year.

  3. The average number of births per woman within a population.

The neighborhood

Derived

antifertility, autofertility, fertility clinic, fertility cult, fertility drug, fertility tourism, fosmid, hyperfertility, hypofertility, interfertility, nonfertility, oncofertility, overfertility, prefertility, self-fertility, semifertility, soil fertility, subfertility, superfertility

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for fertility. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA