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Definition of infecund in English: infecundadjective ɪnˈfiːk(ə)ndɪnˈfɛk(ə)ndɪnˈfikənd Zoology Medicine (of a woman or female animal) having low or zero fecundity; unable to bear children or young. 〔医，动〕（女性或雌性动物）生育力低下的；无生育力的 Example sentencesExamples - The experience of physicians shows that there are a number of infecund or sterile married couples in the population.
- The total proportion of infecund among 45-49 year olds is about 70% in most cases and among 40-44 year old it is about 50%.
Synonyms dry, dried up, waterless, as dry as a bone, moistureless, parched, scorched, baked, thirsty
Derivativesnoun ɪnfɪˈkʌndɪti Medicine Zoology Women with either resolved or unresolved infecundity were significantly older than fecund women (mean = 31.6 yr, 32.1 yr, and 30.5 yr, respectively). Example sentencesExamples - I was astonished to learn that throughout their life they have lived on the margins of the society, most of them unmarried or dumped due to infecundity, but they demonstrated far more tenacity and courage than any other sufferers.
- Overall, the results of our analyses suggested that consumption of contaminated sportfish from Lake Ontario was not a significant risk factor for either resolved or unresolved infecundity.
- Dogmatic constraints, tactical stereotypes, schematism in place of originality, and the boring repetition of truisms are contributing factors in creative infecundity.
- Hedonistic dissipation well may have condemned the existing Europeans to infecundity and extinction, but that does not prevent Europe from getting new ones.
OriginLate Middle English: from Latin infecundus, from in- 'not' + fecundus 'fecund'. Definition of infecund in US English: infecundadjectiveinˈfēkəndɪnˈfikənd Medicine Zoology (of a woman or female animal) having low or zero fecundity; unable to bear children or young. 〔医，动〕（女性或雌性动物）生育力低下的；无生育力的 Example sentencesExamples - The experience of physicians shows that there are a number of infecund or sterile married couples in the population.
- The total proportion of infecund among 45-49 year olds is about 70% in most cases and among 40-44 year old it is about 50%.
Synonyms dry, dried up, waterless, as dry as a bone, moistureless, parched, scorched, baked, thirsty
OriginLate Middle English: from Latin infecundus, from in- ‘not’ + fecundus ‘fecund’. |