noun ·4 syllables ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The state or quality of being sterile. uncountable, usually
2. 2
   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 wordnet
3. 3
   (of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

asepsissterilenessabiosisantisepsisaridityasepsis

Example

More examples

"A bilateral salpingectomy, which is the surgical removal of both Fallopian tubes, will result in sterility."

Etymology

From sterile + -ity, from Middle French stérilité, from Latin sterilitas.

Related phrases

self-sterility

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