fertility
nounUK /fə(ɹ)ˈtɪlɪti/ · US /fɝˈtɪləti/
Etymology From Middle French fertilité, from Latin fertilitās, equivalent to fertile + -ity.
1
The condition, or the degree, of being fertile.
- Muckspreading increases the fertility of the soil.
- Men may also have fertility challenges, especially if their hypogonadism was caused by anabolic steroid use. Anabolic steroids can affect testicular health, including reducing the production of sperm.2018 June 25, James Roland, “What is Hypergonadism?”, in Healthline:
2
The birthrate of a population; the number of live births per 1000 people per year.
3
The average number of births per woman within a population.
- Synonyms
- fecundity, fertileness
- Antonyms
- infertility
- Derived terms
- antifertility, autofertility, fertility clinic, fertility cult, fertility drug, fertility tourism, fosmid, hyperfertility, hypofertility, interfertility, nonfertility, oncofertility, overfertility, prefertility, self-fertility, semifertility, soil fertility, subfertility, superfertility