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infertility
CIDE DICTIONARY
infertility, n. [L. infertilitas: cf. F. infertilité.].
The state or quality of being infertile; unproductiveness; barrenness. [1913 Webster]
"The infertility or noxiousness of the soil." [1913 Webster]
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infertility
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infertility
Unproductiveness
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