Infertility: Epidemiology and Etiology: Difference between revisions
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== Definitions == | == Definitions == | ||
* '''Definition of infertility: a disease of the reproductive system defined by the failure to achieve a clinical pregnancy after ≥12 months of regular unprotected sexual intercourse★''' | * '''<span style="color:#ff0000">Definition of infertility: a disease of the reproductive system defined by the failure to achieve a clinical pregnancy after ≥12 months of regular unprotected sexual intercourse★</span>''' | ||
* Primary male infertility: male who has never initiated a clinical pregnancy and meets the criteria of being classified as infertile | * Primary male infertility: male who has never initiated a clinical pregnancy and meets the criteria of being classified as infertile | ||
* Secondary male infertility: couple where the man is unable to initiate a clinical pregnancy, but who had previously initiated a clinical pregnancy (with the same or different sexual partner) | * Secondary male infertility: couple where the man is unable to initiate a clinical pregnancy, but who had previously initiated a clinical pregnancy (with the same or different sexual partner) | ||