infertility Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the state of being unable to produce offspring; in a woman it is an inability to conceive; in a man it is an inability to impregnate
    sterility.

WordNet

In`fer*til"i*ty noun
Etymology
L. infertilitas: cf. F. infertilité.
Definitions
  1. The state or quality of being infertile; unproductiveness; barrenness.
    The infertility or noxiousness of the soil. Sir M. Hale.

Webster 1913