atocia

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈtəʊʃɪə/
• Rhymes: -əʊʃɪə

Noun

atocia (uncountable)

1. (rare) Of a woman, infertility (inability to conceive and give birth to children).
   • 1991, Women of China, page 9:

     Mr. Wei Hongkai, a veteran doctor of the Shaanxi Provincial Research Institute for Traditional Chinese Medicine, has been treating atocia (female sterility) for more than thirty years.

   • 2012, Hiroshi Takami, Treatment of Thyroid Tumor: Japanese Clinical Guidelines, page 264:

     RAI therapy is contraindicated for patients in pregnancy, but it is not related to an increase in the risk of atocia and fetal anomaly.

Anagrams

• coaita