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The permanent inability of a man or woman to reproduce.
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Unable to have children.
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The inability to reproduce, either due to impotence, anatomical defect, or inability to produce eggs or sperm. Note the current association between sterility and cleanliness, as in a sterile needle. The association between non-reproductiveness and purity is very strong and very ancient.
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Inability to produce viable offspring.
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Inability to have children.
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The absence of viable contaminating microorganisms; aseptic state.
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The inability to procreate; the inability to conceive or induce conception.
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A condition in which an individual or a couple cannot conceive under any circumstances.
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Inability to further reproduce or have offspring.
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an irreversible inability to produce children.
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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
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Absolute inability to procreate.
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Inability to produce gametes (e.g. after both ovaries/testes are removed).
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The permanent inability to conceive a child.
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Absolute infertility, inability to achieve a pregnancy without special treatment such as IVF.
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inability to conceive or produce a child.
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Permanent infertility.
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the physical inability to reproduce due to infertility.
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inability to reproduce. Sterilization is the process of surgically altering the reproductive organs (e.g., cutting the fallopian tubes or vas deferens) as a permanent method of contraception.
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Sterility describes a permanent condition where a man or a woman is unable to have a baby.
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the inability to get pregnant, or get someone pregnant; often caused by the effects of untreated bacterial infections such as chlamydia or gonorrhea.
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See infertility.
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The total inability to reproduce. Not to be confused with infertility.
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The state of absolute infertility or complete infertility, with no chance of getting pregnant without special help. Causes include azoospermia, anovulation (especially primary ovarian failure), and blocked fallopian tubes.
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being unable to procreate because of some defect in the reproductive organs
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