nonconception
nonconception noun: a failure to conceive; The aftermath of sexual intercourse in which there is no fertilization of an egg by sperm.
Noun
nonconception (countable and uncountable, plural nonconceptions)
- A failure to conceive; The aftermath of sexual intercourse in which there is no fertilization of an egg by sperm.
- With this formulation, the probability of nonconception is simply the product of the day-specific failure probabilities multiplied across all days where there was intercourse.1996, Biometrics, page 946
- A long period of nonconception, usually the two or three years after marriage, leads to worries of a possible medical problem in the couple.2005, Vinita Bhargava, Adoption in India: Policies and Experiences, page 86
- An unthought concept.
- It is to a nonconception of this plain truth, namely, that money is as much a marketable commodity as any of those things for which it is given in exchange, that we must ascribe the ignorance that prevails concerning the laws by which its value and its distribution are regulated, and of the...1836, The Monthly Review, page 384
Examples of nonconception in a sentence
- In the case of nonconception, there is a loss of an enormous amount of possible future good but there is no victim of the loss, no existing individual whose good it would have been.2002, Jeff McMahan, The Ethics of Killing: Problems at the Margins of Life:
- For all these reasons, I assume that nonconception is better than a constantly neutral life.2019, Espen Gamlund, Carl Tollef Solberg, Saving People from the Harm of Death, page 112:
Forms of nonconception
| plural | nonconceptions |
|---|---|
| alternative form | non-conception |
Origin of nonconception
From non- + conception.
Questions about nonconception
- What does nonconception mean?
- Nonconception means a failure to conceive; The aftermath of sexual intercourse in which there is no fertilization of an egg by sperm.
- How do you use nonconception in a sentence?
- In the case of nonconception, there is a loss of an enormous amount of possible future good but there is no victim of the loss, no existing individual whose good it would have been.
- What part of speech is nonconception?
- Nonconception is a noun.
- What is the plural of nonconception?
- The plural of nonconception is nonconceptions.
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