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sterility

noun

1 sterility

of non-living objects The state of being free of pathogenic organisms.

synonyms: antisepsis, asepsis, sterileness.

Polish: sterylność

2 sterility

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.

synonym: infertility.

Roget 169: unproductiveness etc. adj.; infertility, sterility, infecundity; masturbation; impotence etc. 158; unprofitableness etc. (inutility) ... show more

Dutch: kaalheid, onvruchtbaarheid, steriliteit
Polish: bezpłodność, niepłodność


Moby thesaurus: aridity, asepsis, barrenness, birth control, bloodlessness, characterlessness, cleanliness, cleanly habits, cleanness, colorlessness, contraception, daintiness, deadness, dearth, dismalness, dragginess, dreariness, dry womb, dryness, dullness ... show more.

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