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prefertility

prefertility adjective: before becoming fertile.

Adjective

prefertility (not comparable)

  1. Before becoming fertile.
    • One patient, who was pregnant, pointed out that these are the parts of the body that become fullest during pregnancy; they are striving for a prefertility, prepubescent look.1989, Lynne M. Hornyak, Ellen K. Baker, Experiential Therapies for Eating Disorders, page 25

Origin of prefertility

From pre- + fertility.

Questions about prefertility

What does prefertility mean?
Prefertility means before becoming fertile.
What part of speech is prefertility?
Prefertility is an adjective.

Words near prefertility in the dictionary

  1. preferreth
  2. preferring
  3. preferrings
  4. prefers
  5. prefertile
  6. prefertility
  7. prefertilization
  8. prefestival
  9. prefetch
  10. prefetchable
  11. prefetched

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