Multilingual Demographic Dictionary, second unified edition, English volume

Fecundity (FECUNDITY n.)

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Section	English 621	Arabic 621	Czech 621	German 621	Spanish 621	French 621	Italian 621	Japanese 621	Portuguese 621	Russian 621	Chinese 621
621-1	fecundity	قدرة على التوالد—إمكان التوالد	plodivost —fekundita	Fortpflanzungsfähigkeit	fertilidad	fertilité	fertilità	妊孕力	fertilidade —prolificidade	Плодовитость	生育能力
621-2	infecundity —sterility	عقم—عقر	neplodnost —sterilita	Sterilität	esterilidad	stérilité	sterilità	不妊	infertilidade —esterilidade	Бесплодием —Стерильность	无生育能力 —不育
621-3	inability to conceive	عدم استطاعة الحبل—إعقام	neschopnost, ženy otěhotnět	Empfängnisunfähigkeit	infecundabilidad	infécondabilité	infecondabilità	受胎能力の欠如	incapacidade para conceber	Неспособность к зачатию	不能怀孕
621-4		إعقام الوقتي		zeitweilige Empfängnisunfähigkeit	infecundabilidad temporal	infécondabilité temporaire	infecondabilità temporanea
621-5	temporary sterility	عقم الوقتي	dočasná neplodnost	zeitweilige Sterilität	esterilidad temporal	stérilité temporaire	sterilità temporanea	時的不妊	esterilidade temporária	Временное бесплодие	暂时不育
621-6		إعقام النهائي		dauernde Empfängnisunfähigkeit	infecundabilidad definitiva	infécondabilité définitive	infecondabilità definitiva
621-7	permanent sterility	عقم النهائي	trvalá neplodnost	dauernde Sterilität	esterilidad definitiva	stérilité définitive	sterilità definitiva	永久不妊	esterilidade permanente	Окончательное бесплодие	永久不育
621-8	primary sterility	عقم أصلي	primární sterilita	primäre Sterilität	esterilidad total —esterilidad primaria	stérilité totale —stérilité primaire	sterilità totale —sterilità primaria	原発性不妊	esterilidade primária	Первичное бесплодие	原发性不育
621-9	secondary sterility	عقم الجزئي—عقم الثانوي	sekundární sterilita —následná sterilita	sekundäre Sterilität	esterilidad parcial —esterilidad secundaria	stérilité partielle —stérilité secondaire	sterilità parziale —sterilità secondaria	続発性不妊	esterilidade secundária	Вторичное бесплодие	继发性不育
621-10				Zeugungsunfähigkeit

The capacity of a man, a woman or a couple to produce a live child is called fecundity ¹. The lack of that capacity is called infecundity ² or sterility ²; inability to conceive ³ and inability to procreate ^10★ are the main, but not the single causes of sterility. Used alone, sterility usually carries the connotation of irreversibility, but occasionally temporary inability to conceive ^4★ and temporary sterility ⁵ are distinguished from permanent inability to conceive ^6★ and permanent sterility ⁷. Among women we distinguish primary sterility ⁸ where the woman has never been able to give birth, and secondary sterility ⁹, which arises after one or more children have been born.

1. Fecundity, n. - fecund, adj. An alternative meaning of the term implies the ability to conceive, rather than to produce a live child. The terms sub-fecundity and sub-fecund mean either that the capacity to produce a live child is below normal, or that the probability of conception is low.
2. Sterility, n. - sterile, adj. Infecundity, n. - infecund, adj.

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fecundity

infecundity

sterility

inability to conceive

inability to conceive

temporary sterility

temporary sterility