barren

bar·ren

(bar'en),

Unable to produce a pregnancy.

[M.E. bareyne]

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barren

(băr′ən)

adj.

a. Not producing or incapable of producing offspring. Used of female animals.

b. Often Offensive Not producing or incapable of producing offspring. Used of women.

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bar′ren·ly adv.

bar′ren·ness n.

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Infertile, sterile, fruitless

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barren

adjective Gynecology Infertile, sterile, fruitless, inconceivable

McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

barren

Sterile. Incapable of producing offspring.

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