fecundabilityn.
/fᵻˌkʌndəˈbɪlᵻti/, /fɛˌkʌndəˈbɪlᵻti/, U.S. /fɛˌkəndəˈbɪlᵻdi/, /fiˌkəndəˈbɪlᵻdi/ The probability of a woman's conceiving within a given period of time, esp. during a specific month or menstrual cycle.
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feracityc1420
fecundity1447
fertility1490
virility1598
fruitfulness1624
Priapus1637
procreativeness1655
breedingness1674
prolificness1678
prolificalness1699
polytoky1702
breediness1753
prolificacy1756
philoprogenitiveness1842
propagability1853
teemfulness1855
teeming1856
progenitiveness1868
fecundability1926
1926 C. Gini in Eugenics Rev. XVII. 267 Let us designate by p the probability that under such conditions one wife will conceive in a menstrual period or, as we would say, the fecundability of the wife.
1953 Revue de l'Inst. Internat. de Statistique 21 151 The natural fertility depends on the fecundability, or probability to conceive by time unit outside the periods of temporary sterility connected with pregnancy and lactation.
1980 Population Stud. 34 397 Fecundability, coital frequency and the viability of ova.
1985 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 7 Sept. 613/1 For a large population..the fecundability rate for the first two years after stopping contraception has been estimated at between 10% and 20%.
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