sterility

ster·ile

 (stĕr′əl, -īl′)

adj.

1.

a. Not producing or incapable of producing offspring.

b. Not producing or incapable of producing seed, fruit, spores, or other reproductive structures. Used of plants or their parts.

2. Producing little or no vegetation; unfruitful: sterile land.

3. Free from live bacteria or other microorganisms: a sterile operating area; sterile instruments.

4. Lacking imagination, creativity, or vitality.

5. Lacking the power to function; not productive or effective; fruitless: a sterile discussion.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin sterilis.]

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ster′ile·ly adv.

ster′ile·ness, ste·ril′i·ty (stə-rĭl′ĭ-tē) n.

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impotence, sterility - Impotence is the male's inability to copulate or get an erection; sterility is the inability of either a male or female to procreate.

See also related terms for inability.

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sterility - (of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms antisepsis, asepsis, sterileness sanitariness - the state of being conducive to health
	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 infertility physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state - the condition or state of the body or bodily functions impotence, impotency - an inability (usually of the male animal) to copulate barrenness - the state (usually of a woman) of having no children or being unable to have children cacogenesis - inability to produce hybrids that are both viable and fertile dysgenesis - infertility between hybrids

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sterility

noun

1. infertility, childlessness, infecundity (technical) This disease causes sterility in both males and females.

2. emptiness, futility, banality, worthlessness, hollowness, meaninglessness, barrenness, senselessness, aimlessness, purposelessness, valuelessness the sterility of Dorothea's life in industry

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sterility

noun

1. The state or condition of being unable to reproduce sexually:

barrenness, infertility, sterilization.

2. The state or condition of being free from microorganisms:

sterilization.

3. A lack of excitement, liveliness, or interest:

asepticism, blandness, colorlessness, drabness, dreariness, dryness, dullness, flatness, flavorlessness, insipidity, insipidness, jejuneness, lifelessness, sterileness, stodginess, vapidity, vapidness, weariness.

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Translations

عُقْم، تَعْقيم

sterilita

sterilitet

Sterilität

stérilité

sterilitás

ófrjósemi

sterilit...

sterilitet

kısırlık

不孕不育无菌

sterility

[steˈrɪlɪtɪ] N → esterilidad f

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sterility

[stəˈrɪləti] n

[dressing, equipment, water] → stérilité f

(= infertility) [person, animal] → stérilité f

[debate, relationship, statistics] → stérilité f

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sterility

n

(of animal, soil) → Unfruchtbarkeit f; (of person also) → Sterilität f; (fig: = fruitlessness also) → Ergebnislosigkeit f

(= absence of contamination, fig) → Sterilität f

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sterility

[stɛˈrɪlɪtɪ] n → sterilità

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sterile

(ˈsterail) adjective

1. (of soil, plants, humans and other animals) unable to produce crops, seeds, children or young. steriel غَيْر مُثْمِر безплодов estéril neplodný unfruchtbar steril; ufrugtbar στείρος, άγονος, άκαρπος viljatu, aher عقيم hedelmätön stérileעקר, לא פורה फलहीन, अफलित jalov, neplodan meddő gersang ófrjósamur, ófrjór sterile 不妊の 불모의, 불임의 nevaisingas, bergždžias neauglīgs mandul sterielsteril, ufruktbarbezpłodny شنډ، بې ثمره، بې حاصله، شاړه: بې مكروبه، معقم estéril steril бесплодный neplodný neploden sterilan steril (คน; สัตว์; พืช) เป็นหมัน; ไม่มีลูก; ไม่เกิดผล kısır 無法生育的，不結果的，無繁殖力的 нездатний до запліднення; стерилізований بنجر cằn cỗi, vô sinh 不生育的，不结果的，不能生殖的

2. free from germs. A surgeon's equipment must be absolutely sterile. gesteriliseer مُعَقَّم стерилен estéril sterilní steril steril αποστειρωμένος steriilne ضدعفوني شده steriili stérileמעוקר निर्जीव, निष्फल sterilan steril suci hama dauðhreinsaður sterile 無菌の 살균한 sterilus sterils disterilkan sterielsteril wyjałowiony بې مكروبه estéril steril стерильный sterilný sterilen sterilan steril ซึ่งปลอดเชื้อโรค mikropsuz 無菌的 стерильний, стерилізований جراثیم سے پاک vô trùng 无菌的

steˈrility (-ˈri-) noun

steriliteit عُقْم، تَعْقيم стерилитет esterilidade sterilita die Sterilität sterilitet στειρότητα steriilsus نازايي steriiliys stérilitéסטריליות बांझपन, अनुपजाऊपन, र्व्यथता sterilnost, neplodnost sterilitás sterilitas ófrjósemi sterilità 不妊 불모, 불임 sterilumas, nevaisingumas neauglība; sterilitāte keadaan bersteril steriliteitsterilitet, ufruktbarhetbezpłodność, jałowość شنډتوب، بې مكروبي، عقيم والى esterilidade sterilitate бесплодие; стерильность sterilita sterilnost sterilitet sterilitet ที่ปราศจากเชื้อ kısırlık 不育，無生殖力，無菌 безплідність; стерильність بانجھ پن sự cằn cỗi, sự vô sinh 不育，不孕，无菌

ˈsterilize, ˈsterilise (-ri-) verb

1. to make (a woman etc) sterile. steriliseer يُعَقِّر الإمرأه обезплодявам esterilizar sterilizovat sterilisieren sterilisere στειρώνω steriliseerima عقيم كردن steriloida stériliser לְעַקֵר निष्फल बनाना sterilizirati, učiniti neplodnim sterilizál memandulkan dauðhreinsa, gera ófrjóan sterilizzare 不妊にする 불임케 하다 padaryti nevaisingą, sterilizuoti sterilizēt; padarīt neauglīgu memandulkan steriliserensterilisere sterylizować تعقيم كول، له مكروبو پاكول esterilizar a steriliza стерилизовать sterilizovať sterilizirati sterilisati sterilisera เป็นหมัน kısırlaştırmak 使絕育 робити неплідним; стерилізувати بانجھ کرنا triệt sản 使绝育

2. to kill germs in (eg milk) or on (eg surgical instruments) by boiling. steriliseer يُعَقِّم، يَقْتُل الجَراثيم стерилизирам esterilizar sterilizovat sterilisieren sterilisere αποστειρώνω steriliseerima ضدعفوني كردن steriloida stériliser לעַקֵר जीवाणुहीन बना देना sterilizirati sterilizál mensterilkan gerilsneyða sterilizzare 殺菌する 살균하다 sterilizuoti sterilizēt mensterilkan steriliserensterilisere wyjaławiać له مكروبو پاكول esterilizar a steriliza стерилизовать sterilizovať sterilizirati sterilisati sterilisera ฆ่าเชื้อโรค mikroplarını öldürmek 煮沸消毒 стерилізувати جراثیم ختم کرنا khử trùng 煮沸消毒

ˌsteriliˈzation, ˌsteriliˈsation noun

sterilisasie تَعْقير الإمرأه، تَعْقيم السّوائِل стерилизиране esterilização sterilizace die Sterilisation sterilisation στείρωση, αποστείρωση steriliseerimine عقيم سازي sterilointi stérilisationעיקור बन्ध्यीकरण, अनुर्वरीकरण, विसंक्रमण sterilizacija sterilizálás sterilisasi gerilsneyðing; ófrjósemisaðgerð sterilizzazione 不妊にすること 불임, 살균 sterilizacija sterilizācija pensterilan sterilisatiesterilisering sterylizacja تعقيم esterilização ste­rili­zare стерилизация sterilizácia sterilizacija sterilizacija sterilisering การทำปราศจากเชื้อ kısırlaştırma, mikroplardan arındırma 滅菌，絕育 стерилізація بانجھ یا بنجر بنانے کا عمل sự khử trùng, sự mất khả năng sinh sản 灭菌，绝育

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ste·ril·i·ty

n. esterilidad, incapacidad de concebir o procrear.

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sterility

n esterilidad f

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