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suffer from infertility
Many couples suffer from infertility.
许多夫妇患有不孕症。
不孕症；不育症
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不孕症；不育症
The inability to conceive children or produce offspring.
Many couples suffer from infertility.
许多夫妇患有不孕症。
不育的状态；生育力低下的状况。
The condition of being infertile; of having poor fertility.
无法生育的状态；女性指不能受孕,男性指不能使对方受孕
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
无法怀孕(生育子女)的能力缺失。
The inability to conceive children.
After years of trying to conceive, the couple was diagnosed with infertility.
经过多年的尝试怀孕，这对夫妇被诊断出患有不孕症。
Advances in reproductive medicine have helped many couples overcome infertility.
生殖医学的进步帮助许多夫妇克服了不孕症。
Infertility can affect both men and women, often requiring specialized treatment.
不孕症会影响男性和女性，通常需要专门治疗。
Many couples suffer from infertility.
许多夫妇患有不孕症。
She underwent infertility treatment at the clinic.
她在诊所接受了不育症治疗。
Certain infections can cause infertility.
某些感染可能导致不孕。
Not this
He went to the doctor for his impotence.
Use this
He went to the doctor for his infertility.
混淆了‘infertility’（不孕症，可指男女）与‘impotence’（阳痿，仅指男性勃起功能障碍）。改正后使用正确术语。
Not this
She was diagnosed as infertility.
Use this
She was diagnosed as infertile.
‘infertility’是名词，此处需用形容词‘infertile’描述状态。改正后符合‘diagnosed as + 形容词’的语法结构。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
女性不孕症
Female infertility can have many different causes.
女性不孕症可能有许多不同的原因。
男性不育症
Male infertility is responsible for about a third of all cases.
男性不育症约占所有病例的三分之一。
不孕症治疗
They decided to start infertility treatment after two years of trying.
在尝试两年之后，他们决定开始不孕症治疗。
导致不孕
Certain infections can cause infertility in both men and women.
某些感染可导致男性和女性不孕。
不孕症诊所
She made an appointment at an infertility clinic.
她预约了一家不孕症诊所。
苦于不孕
Many couples struggle with infertility without seeking help.
许多夫妇苦于不孕却没有寻求帮助。
Use infertility naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
in- 表“不”，fertility 是“生育力”，合起来生育力缺失，即不孕不育。
语域：formal 常见场景：medical diagnosis、health education、clinical discussion infertility 是较正式的医学术语，多用于医疗诊断、健康科普或书面讨论中；日常口语中人们较少直接使用该词，而更常说 can't get pregnant 或 fertility problems。
这些词都以 /ɪlɪti/ 结尾，与 infertility 的重读元音及后续音 /ɪlɪti/ 相同，因此都押韵。注意拼写相似的 infertile /ɪnˈfɝːtaɪl/、fertile /ˈfɝːtaɪl/ 结尾读 /aɪl/（或美式 /ərl/），与 infertility 不押韵。
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