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infecund
(in|fec¦und)
Pronunciation:
/ɪnˈfɛk(ə)nd, ɪnˈfiːk-/
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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