Although the subject of gender sensitivity has been under
investigation for some time in language for general purposes
(LGP), this subject has not been explored in any great detail
in the context of language for special purposes (LSP). There
are numerous guidelines available for term formation, but the
issue of gender sensitivity is not typically addressed by these
guidelines. This article presents a corpus-based study of the
terminology of the subject field of infertility, with a view
to establishing the nature and degree of gender insensitivity
currently present in that subject field and recommending extensions
to term formation and usage guidelines to make them more
gender-sensitive.