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INFERTILITY [2 records]

Record 1 2010-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

Diminished or absent capacity to produce offspring; the term does not denote complex inability to produce offspring as does sterility.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
DEF

État résultant de l'incapacité pour une femme de donner naissance à un enfant vivant, ou pour un homme de féconder sa partenaire, et ce, pendant une certaine période (habituellement de un à deux ans).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
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Record 2 2003-07-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Reproduction
  • Animal Science
DEF

Failure to produce viable offspring.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Reproduction des animaux
  • Zootechnie
OBS

par exemple chez une vache, une truie, une brebis

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Reproducción de animales
  • Zootecnia
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