喜樂美語
  1. 1不孕；不孕症

    Infertility is when a person or a couple cannot easily have a baby — when pregnancy does not come, or is very hard to carry. It can be a problem for the woman, the man, or both together; the word does not point to only one of them. Doctors use it as a calm medical word. It is not a joke, and it can be a painful subject, so people often speak about it gently. Though actually, “unable to have a baby” is a bit too sharp: many people with infertility do have a child later, with time, treatment, or another kind of family. The opposite idea is fertility: the ability to have children.

From the word’s history

From Middle French infertilité, from Late Latin infertilitas.

借自中古法文 infertilité，源自晚期拉丁文 infertilitas。

Wiktionary

組成From Middle French infertilité, from Late Latin infertilitas.

同家族的字

  • infertilethe adjective: not able to have a baby, or of land, not good for growing plants
  • fertilethe other half of the idea: able to have children, or of land, good for growing
  • fertilitythe noun for the ability to have children

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infertilitynoun

  • 1

    The condition of being infertile; of having poor fertility.

    • Soil infertility is a major problem for farmers.
  • 2

    The inability to conceive children.

    • Infertility is a considerable obstacle for women wishing to make a family.

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