About The Word Sterility
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Sterility
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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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