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| NOUN | 1 | sterility, asepsis, antisepsis, sterileness | (of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms |
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| 2 | sterility, infertility | The state of being unable to produce offspring |
| Sounds | sterih'lihtiy |
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| Rhymes | ability, abnormality, absentee, and 622 more rhymes in tiy... |
| Meaning | (of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms. |
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| Synonyms | asepsis, antisepsis, sterileness |
| Broader | sanitariness |
| Adjectives | sterile; sterile |
| Meaning | 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. |
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| Synonyms | infertility |
| Contrary | fertility, fecundity |
| Broader | physiological state, physiological condition |
| Narrower | impotence, impotency; barrenness; cacogenesis; dysgenesis |
| Adjectives | sterile |
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