sterility (noun)

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• sterility — sterile ► ADJECTIVE 1) not able to produce children, young, crops, or fruit. 2) lacking in imagination, creativity, or excitement. 3) free from bacteria or other living micro organisms. DERIVATIVES sterilely adverb sterility noun. ORIGIN Latin… …   English terms dictionary

• sterility — noun see sterile …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• sterility — noun The state or quality of being sterile …   Wiktionary

• sterility — noun 1. (of non living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms • Syn: ↑asepsis, ↑antisepsis, ↑sterileness • Derivationally related forms: ↑sterile (for: ↑sterileness), ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• sterility — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. infertility, incapacity, fruitlessness; see barrenness , worthlessness . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. The state or condition of being unable to reproduce sexually: barrenness, infertility, sterilization. See… …   English dictionary for students

• self-sterility — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun : the quality or state of being self sterile * * * self sterilˈity noun • • • Main Entry: ↑self …   Useful english dictionary

• self-sterility — noun see self sterile …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• cross-sterility — noun see cross sterile …   Useful english dictionary

• cross-sterile — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷ adjective : sterile in a particular cross plants of widely different geographic origin are often cross sterile even though closely related • cross sterility | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun * * * cross sterility, n. /kraws ster euhl/ …   Useful english dictionary

• self-sterile — adjective Date: 1876 sterile to its own pollen or sperm • self sterility noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• sterile — adjective Etymology: Middle English steryle, from Latin sterilis; akin to Gothic stairo barren animal, Sanskrit starī sterile cow Date: 15th century 1. a. failing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores b. failing to produce or… …   New Collegiate Dictionary