Reproductive means to do with the producing of young. The reproductive system, reproductive health, reproductive rights.
Reproductive health is the standard neutral term in medicine and policy, covering contraception, pregnancy and fertility. Reproductive rights means the right to decide whether and when to have children, and it is contested politically almost everywhere.
1adjectivereproductiveTo do with the producing of young.
“The biology lesson covered the reproductive parts of flowering plants.”
reproductive is a quality.
Re-, again, plus productive, from Latin producere, to bring forth.
Latin
prōductīvus
English
productive
English, today
reproductive
From re- + productive. productive Borrowed from Latin prōductīvus. Latin productivus, equivalent to product + -ive.
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