Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sterility"
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) 1.7 (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; in a woman
it is an inability to conceive; in a man it is an
inability to impregnate [syn: {infertility}] [ant: {fertility}]
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