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infecund

Pronunciation: /ɪnˈfɛk(ə)nd, ɪnˈfiːk-/
Definition of infecund

adjective

Medicine & Zoology
  • (of a woman or female animal) having low or zero fecundity; unable to bear children or young.

Derivatives

infecundity

noun

Origin:

late Middle English: from Latin infecundus, from in- 'not' + fecundus 'fecund'

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