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GLOSSARY / infertile

1. referring to an adult who is unable to produce ova or sperm, whether because it is not the season of reproduction and the gonads are regressed and incapable of producing gametes, or due to circumstances that suppress the reproductive process such as trauma or disturbance, or senescence; or 2. referring to an ovum that has not been fertilized by sperm, and hence an egg that will not hatch