About The Word Sterility

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Sterility

Sterility Meaning & Definition
Sterility Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Sterility?

[n] the state of being unable to produce offspring; in a woman it is an inability to conceive; in a man it is an inability to impregnate
[n] (of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms

Synonyms | Synonyms for Sterility: antisepsis | asepsis | infertility | sterileness

Related Terms | Find terms related to Sterility:

See Also | barrenness | cacogenesis | dysgenesis | impotence | impotency | physiological condition | physiological state | sanitariness

Sterility In Webster's Dictionary

\Ste*ril"i*ty\, n. [L. sterilitas: cf. F. st['e]rilit['e].] 1. The quality or condition of being sterile. 2. (Biol.) Quality of being sterile; infecundity; also, the state of being free from germs or spores.

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