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fecundability, n.|fɛ-, fɪkʌndəˈbɪlɪtɪ|
[ad. It. fecondabilità (C. Gini 1924, in Atti del R. Istituto Veneto di Sci., Lett. & Arti LXXXIII. 315): see fecund a. and -bility.]
The probability of a woman's conceiving within a given period of time, esp. during a specific month or menstrual cycle.
1926C. Gini in Eugenics Rev. XVII. 267 Let us designate by p the probability that under such conditions one wife will conceive in a menstrual period or, as we would say, the fecundability of the wife. 1953Revue de l'Inst. Internat. de Statistique XXI. 151 The natural fertility depends on the fecundability, or probability to conceive by time unit outside the periods of temporary sterility connected with pregnancy and lactation. 1980Population Stud. XXXIV. 397 Fecundability, coital frequency and the viability of ova. 1985Brit. Med. Jrnl. 7 Sept. 613/1 For a large population..the fecundability rate for the first two years after stopping contraception has been estimated at between 10{pcnt} and 20{pcnt}. |