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sterility |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sterility \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sterility n 1: (of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms [syn: {asepsis}, {antisepsis}, {sterileness}] 2: the state of being unable to produce offspring [syn: {infertility}] [ant: {fertility}]
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