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Sterile

Sterile Meaning & Definition
Sterile Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Sterile?

[adj] deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention:i"a sterile ideology lacking in originality"; "unimaginative development of a musical theme"; "uninspired writing"
[adj] not bearing offspring; "a barren woman"; "learned early in his marriage that he was sterile"
[adj] free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms; "a sterile operating area"; "aseptic surgical instruments"; "aseptic surgical techniques"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Sterile: antiseptic | aseptic | barren | infertile | uncreative | unfertile | unimaginative | uninspired | uninventive

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Sterile In Webster's Dictionary

\Ster"ile\, a. [F. st['e]rile, L. sterilis, akin to Gr. stereo`s stiff, solid, stei^ros barren, stei^ra a cow that has not calved, Goth. stair[=o], fem., barren. See {Stare} to gaze.] 1. Producing little or no crop; barren; unfruitful; unproductive; not fertile; as, sterile land; a sterile desert; a sterile year. 2. (Biol.) (a) Incapable of reproduction; unfitted for reproduction of offspring; not able to germinate or bear fruit; unfruitful; as, a sterile flower, which bears only stamens. (b) Free from reproductive spores or germs; as, a sterile fluid. 3. Fig.: Barren of ideas; destitute of sentiment; as, a sterile production or author.

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