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MeSH Heading: Infertility, Female
Tree Number(s): C12.050.351.500.498; C12.100.250.498; C12.100.750.350
Unique ID: D007247
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007247
Annotation: /chem ind permitted but not for testing of contraceptives
Scope Note: Diminished or absent ability of a female to achieve conception.
Entry Term(s): Sterility, Female; Sterility, Postpartum; Sub-Fertility, Female; Subfertility, Female
NLM Classification #: WP 570
Public MeSH Note: 83; was STERILITY, FEMALE 1963-82
Online Note: use INFERTILITY, FEMALE to search STERILITY, FEMALE 1966-82
History Note: 83; was STERILITY, FEMALE 1963-82
Date Established: 1983/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2021/06/30

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Infertility, Female MeSH Descriptor Data 2025