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==Etymology==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Middle French & [[Latin]]; Middle French, from Latin fertilis, from ferre to carry, bear
*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_Century 15th century]
==Definitions==
*1 a : producing or bearing fruit in great [[quantities]] : productive
:b : characterized by great resourcefulness of [[thought]] or [[imagination]] : inventive <a fertile mind>
:c obsolete : plentiful
*2 a (1) : capable of sustaining abundant plant [[growth]] <fertile soil> (2) : affording abundant [[possibilities]] for [[growth]] or [[development]] <damp bathrooms are fertile ground for fungi — Consumer Reports> <a fertile area for [[research]]>
:b : capable of [[growing]] or [[developing]] <a fertile egg>
:c (1) : capable of producing fruit (2) of an anther : containing pollen (3) : developing spores or spore-bearing organs d : capable of breeding or reproducing
*3 : capable of being converted into fissionable [[material]] <fertile uranium 238>
==Synonyms==
*fecund, fruitful, prolific mean producing or capable of producing offspring or fruit.
==Description==
'''Fertility''' is the [[natural]] capability of giving life. As a [[measure]], "fertility rate" is the [[number]] of [[children]] born per couple, [[person]] or [[population]]. This is different from fecundity, which is defined as the [[potential]] for reproduction (influenced by gamete production, fertilisation and carrying a pregnancy to term). Infertility is a deficient fertility.
Human fertility depends on factors of nutrition, [[sexual]] [[behavior]], [[culture]], [[instinct]], endocrinology, [[timing]], [[economics]], [[Lifestyle|way of life]], and [[emotion]]s.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fertile]
[[Category: Biology]]
==Etymology==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Middle French & [[Latin]]; Middle French, from Latin fertilis, from ferre to carry, bear
*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_Century 15th century]
==Definitions==
*1 a : producing or bearing fruit in great [[quantities]] : productive
:b : characterized by great resourcefulness of [[thought]] or [[imagination]] : inventive <a fertile mind>
:c obsolete : plentiful
*2 a (1) : capable of sustaining abundant plant [[growth]] <fertile soil> (2) : affording abundant [[possibilities]] for [[growth]] or [[development]] <damp bathrooms are fertile ground for fungi — Consumer Reports> <a fertile area for [[research]]>
:b : capable of [[growing]] or [[developing]] <a fertile egg>
:c (1) : capable of producing fruit (2) of an anther : containing pollen (3) : developing spores or spore-bearing organs d : capable of breeding or reproducing
*3 : capable of being converted into fissionable [[material]] <fertile uranium 238>
==Synonyms==
*fecund, fruitful, prolific mean producing or capable of producing offspring or fruit.
==Description==
'''Fertility''' is the [[natural]] capability of giving life. As a [[measure]], "fertility rate" is the [[number]] of [[children]] born per couple, [[person]] or [[population]]. This is different from fecundity, which is defined as the [[potential]] for reproduction (influenced by gamete production, fertilisation and carrying a pregnancy to term). Infertility is a deficient fertility.
Human fertility depends on factors of nutrition, [[sexual]] [[behavior]], [[culture]], [[instinct]], endocrinology, [[timing]], [[economics]], [[Lifestyle|way of life]], and [[emotion]]s.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fertile]
[[Category: Biology]]