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fertility Definition

fer·til·ity (fər til′ə tē)

noun

  1. the quality, state, or degree of being fertile; fecundity
  2. the birthrate of a given population

fertility Synonyms

fertility

n.

  1. Reproductive capacity

    fecundity, richness, fruitfulness, prolificacy, prolificness, potency, virility, pregnancy, gravidity, productiveness, productivity, generative capacity.

    Antonyms barrenness*, sterility*, infertility. *

  2. Ingenuity

    resourcefulness, imagination, inventiveness; see originality.

fertility Usage Examples

Preposition: of

soil: The law of fertility of the soil has been termed the Wheel of Life.

Converse of object

  • restore: The procedure may have restored the fertility of a 34 year old woman in China.
  • decline: This was effected largely through declining fertility, particularly due to a rising age at marriage and an extraordinary decline in marriage rates.
  • decrease: Methotrexate affects spermatogenesis and oogenesis during the period of its administration which may result in decreased fertility.

Adjective modifier

  • impaired: Changes such as impaired fertility or poor egg quality can also be seen.
  • reduced: To be aware of the problem of reduced soil fertility from salt build-up in heavily irrigated land.
  • marital: The burden of his argument is that there were small but significant variations in marital fertility prior to the fertility decline of the 1880s.
  • cumulative: Figure 1.15 shows the completed family size ( or cumulative cohort fertility ) by age for women born in selected years.
  • male: Q 9. 21 How can we assess male fertility?
  • female: Image: Shows one of Helen Story's ' Death Dresses ' , which explore the end of female fertility.

Modifies a noun

  • rite: Perhaps less of an ancient fertility rite than previously believed.
  • goddess: By implication, they were connected with the cult of a female fertility goddess whose worship was being forcefully suppressed.
  • clinic: Ten fertility clinics in the UK are licensed to test embryos.
  • treatment: How many people have fertility treatment in the UK?
  • cult: This is the heart of the fertility cult concept.
  • ritual: He then postulated a highly complex fertility ritual that was to have been performed in these sanctuaries.

Noun used with modifier

  • soil: For soils with higher soil fertility levels no potash required.
  • pagan: J. L. Weston thought it part of a pagan fertility rite, involving a story similar to that of Adonis.
  • K: Thus maintenance of top soil K fertility remains the key principle for potato manuring.
  • herd: Assess and report ( orally and in writing ) on herd fertility management.