TABLE 1.

Definitions of essential terms according to the International Glossary on Infertility and Fertility Care, 2017 (6)

Term	Definition
Fertility	The capacity to establish a clinical pregnancy.
Infertility	A disease characterized by the failure to establish a clinical pregnancy following 12 mo of regular, unprotected sexual intercourse, or due to an impairment of a person's capacity to reproduce, either as an individual or with his/her partner.
Female infertility	Infertility caused primarily by the female factors encompassing the following: ovulatory disturbances; diminished ovarian reserve; anatomical, endocrine, genetic, functional, or immunological abnormalities of the reproductive system; chronic illness; and sexual conditions incompatible with coitus.
Male infertility	Infertility caused primarily by male factors encompassing the following: abnormal semen parameters or function; anatomical, endocrine, genetic, functional, or immunological abnormalities of the reproductive system; chronic illness; and sexual conditions incompatible with the ability to deposit semen in the vagina.