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Abstract
The inability of the male to effect FERTILIZATION of an OVUM after a specified period of unprotected intercourse. Male sterility is permanent infertility.
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- Infertility, Male
- Sterility, Male
- Sub-Fertility, Male
- Subfertility, Male
- Male Sterility
- Male Sub-Fertility
- Male Subfertility
- Sub Fertility, Male
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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/chem ind permitted but not for testing of contraceptives
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History Note
83; was STERILITY, MALE 1963-82
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Male Infertility. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007248. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007248
- Male Infertility. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Male_infertility
- Male Infertility. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q280156