单词 | subfertile |
释义 | subfertileadj. Less than normally fertile; partially fertile; producing fewer offspring than is normal or average (for a population, species, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > infertility > [adjective] yelda1100 barrenc1200 geldc1225 untudderya1325 unfruitinga1400 infecundc1420 unfruitfula1425 fruitlessa1513 infertile1598 abortive1601 sterile1612 effete1621 deaf1633 improlifical1646 subventaneous1652 improlifica1661 unprolific1672 unfructifying1827 subfertile1846 agenesic1864 eggless1904 shy1905 radiosterilized1960 1846 London Jrnl. Bot. 5 22 The Sandy Desert Region..is without any limits, but is partly intersected by spurs of the Rocky Mountains, by saline barren lands, or, the least part of it, by subfertile gravelly plains or ridges. 1873 B. S. Williams Select Ferns & Lycopods 59 (note) A[diantum] farleyense itself, whose fertile fronds are never fringe-lobed like the barren ones, is but a subfertile subcristate form of A. tenerum. 1912 Internat. Clinics 1 221 Half [of families] have less, half have more than 3.3 children. He calls the former subfertile and the latter superfertile. 1971 Observer 31 Oct. (Colour Suppl.) 10/1 Like many men her husband seemed to be subfertile but was by no means infertile. 2001 Times 30 Aug. 7/1 The team has shown that women usually become sub-fertile about 20 years before the menopause, and infertile ten years before it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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