"compromised fertility" is correct and can be used in written English.
You can use it to refer to a decreased ability to have children or to refer to an otherwise diminished reproductive capacity. For example, "The pesticide runoff has caused a decline in bee populations, which has in turn compromised fertility in the local plant species."
RNAi-mediated knockdown of hars-1 in Caenorhabditis elegans caused severe gonadal defects, e.g., the absence of oocytes or fertilized eggs, resulting in compromised fertility.
The focus of the first experiment was to determine if initiation of altrenogest treatment at different stages of the estrous cycle would yield a more predictable time to ovulation, whereas the second experiment was designed to determine whether mares receiving altrenogest during estrus had compromised fertility.
However, XY Sry- females do not have additional sustained oocyte deficiency that could explain their much more severely compromised fertility relative to XO and XYd-1 females.
All cows experience bacterial influx into the uterus after calving; however a significant proportion fail to clear infection leading to the development of cytological endometritis (CE) and compromised fertility.
Consequently, the third generation of mTerc−/− mice (G3 mTerc−/−) showed premature aging phenotypes hallmarked by gray hair, humped back, compromised fertility, and decreased life span (Herrera et al., 1999).
While epididymal maturation remains a relatively poorly defined set of processes, it is apparent that these complex, regionalized and coordinated modifications are important in the ability of sperm to complete fertilization and their disruption may lead to compromised fertility (Baker et al., 2003; Yoshinaga and Toshimori, 2003; Ecroyd et al., 2004; Lin et al., 2006).
Cancer treatments can compromise fertility, but new research suggests that when survivors of childhood cancer are able to have children, their babies do not face an increased risk of birth defects.
Because these treatments can compromise fertility, egg freezing can be a positive option at a difficult time.
That also explains why it's difficult to measure cocaine's effect on fertility: There are a lot of side effects of the coke-blowing lifestyle, including drinking heavily and maintaining a low body weight, that can compromise fertility on their own.
That also explains why it's difficult to measure cocaine's effect on fertility: There are a lot of side effects of the coke-blowing lifestyle, including drinking heavily and maintaining a low body weight, that can compromise fertility on their own.
They concluded that although surgical excision before commencing IVF does not compromise fertility, it does not offer improvement either [ 56].
