C2noun · uncountable · rare

sterility

Sterilität

The state or quality of being sterileThe state or quality of being sterile.

US/stɚˈɪlɪti/

» A bilateral salpingectomy, which is the surgical removal of both Fallopian tubes, will result in sterility.

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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
(of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms

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A bilateral salpingectomy, which is the surgical removal of both Fallopian tubes, will result in sterility.
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Castle observed and studied the phenomenon of self-sterility in an Ascidian, Ciona intestinalis, which is hermaphroditic.
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By meaning 1

state of being sterile:

From Middle English sterylite, sterylyte, from Latin sterilitās. By surface analysis, ster

From Middle English sterylite, sterylyte, from Latin sterilitās. By surface analysis, sterile + -ity.

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plural: sterilities

Singular	sterility

uncountable

4 synonyms

Close in 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:infertility
(of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms:asepsis antisepsis sterileness

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